Mother Jones Prison Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pratt Historic District. June 1983. 2011-06-02 . Paul D. Marshall and Michael J. Pauley. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.
  2. Web site: Withdrawal of Mother Jones Prison: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL). National Park Service. 2013-01-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20121112060818/http://www.nps.gov/nhl/DOE_dedesignations/Jones.htm. dead. 2012-11-12.