Former Pulaski County Jail

FORMER PULASKI COUNTY JAIL, Northeast corner of the square: For many years, across the street from the Rollins home site sat a squat, concrete block building that housed the Pulaski County Jail. Though the construction date is unknown, by 1961 the Pulaski County sheriff had abandoned the dilapidated jail and was housing his prisoners 30 miles away in Lebanon. The derelict condition of the jail was the talk of the town when residents discovered two prisoners had escaped, burglarized businesses around the square, and returned to the jail with their stolen loot. In January 1976, a new jail was built on the square. In 2020, another new jail was constructed one block north at the site of the former Waynesville Junior High School.