One of three jails on Arizona’s Ghost Town Trail, the Historic Pearce Jail was built around 1915. February 2020 photo by David Galloway
HISTORIC PEARCE JAIL, PEARCE, ARIZONA
Highway 191, Pearce, Arizona (Pearce-Sunsites, about 85 miles south of Tucson)
One of three jails on Arizona’s Ghost Town Trail (the other two are in Courtland and Gleeson), this old jail stands near a companion building known as “the generator building.” Built around 1915 at a cost of $615.45, it has two cells. It was built of layers of poured concrete reinforced by rebar and has a flat roof. Two iron doors and ten-inch thick walls kept the building secure, while six windows provided some ventilation. The jail was used as a holding facility until the mid-1930s. The Old Pearce Preservation Association funded construction of the fence and a plaque.
More information: Historic Pearce; (520) 678-2874
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