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Pottawattamie County Jail

About Pottawattamie County Jail

The Pottawattamie County Jail, also known as Squirrel Cage Jail in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States, was built in 1885 and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. The building is one of three extant "squirrel cage jails", also known as rotary jails. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2023.

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 4.2 miles of Pottawattamie County Jail; the closest, Union Pacific Railroad Museum, is about 1.2 miles away.