Location Information
(for the Old Tunica County Jail)
Name:(Old) Tunica County Jail
Address:behind Courthouse
City/County:Tunica, Tunica County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1894
Architectural Styles(s):Romanesque
Registration Information
NR District Name:Tunica (2006)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:141
Mississippi Landmark Information
Designated:06-05-1986
Recorded:08-01-1986
Book/Vol. No.:V. N-4, p. 112
Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Tunica Historic District
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Context/Comments
The old Tunica County Jail is a Romanesque Revival building erected in 1894. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1986. It is listed as a contributing element (element #141) in the Tunica Historic District, which was placed on the National Register in 2006.

It is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.125, in the listing for the Tunica County Courthouse, DR45).