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Liberty Jail was a jail in Liberty, Missouri, two blocks northwest of the Clay County courthouse. The jail is famous as the place of imprisonment of Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was imprisoned together with his associates during the 1838 Mormon War. They were charged with treason. The jail, now owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, operates a visitors' center with an indoor, cut-away model of the original jail. The jail was about 14-feet wide and long and about 6 and half feet tall. The two story building did not have any sanitary facilities. Joseph and his colleagues occupied cells on the bottom level, known as “the dungeon”.
216 N Main St, Liberty, MO 64068, Phone: 816-781-3188
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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