Mother Jones Prison | |
Nrhp Type: | formernhl |
Location: | 305 Center Street, Pratt, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.2106°N -81.3837°W |
Added: | April 27, 1992 |
Delisted: | September 22, 1997 |
Refnum: | 92001876 |
Mother Jones Prison, also known as Mrs. Carney's Boarding House, was located at Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was a large two-story structure constructed by the Willis Brothers and used mostly as a boarding house. It was the "prison" in which labor organizer and agitator Mary Harris "Mother" Jones was detained during the 1912–1913 mine wars.[1]
The building was a National Historic Landmark. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. However, it was delisted in 1997 after being demolished in 1996.[2]