The Fairview City Jail is a former jail building located in Handy Park at 120 1st Street in Fairview, Oregon, in the United States. It was built in 1915, next to the old Fairview City Hall at 60 Main Street. It is a simple, rectangular, concrete building, 10 feet by 20 feet, with 8 foot high walls painted grey. It has a low-pitched concrete slab roof with shallow gable ends.[2][3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.[1]

Fairview City Jail
The structure's exterior, 2022
Fairview City Jail is located in Oregon
Fairview City Jail
Fairview City Jail is located in the United States
Fairview City Jail
Location120 1st St, Fairview, Oregon
Coordinates45°32′22.1778″N 122°26′9.6714″W / 45.539493833°N 122.436019833°W / 45.539493833; -122.436019833
Arealess than one acre
Built1915 (1915)
Built byCitizens of Fairview
NRHP reference No.16000290[1]
Added to NRHPMay 23, 2016

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  1. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 5/23/16 through 5/27/16. National Park Service. June 3, 2016.
  2. ^ "Celebrate Fairview jail's 100th anniversary".
  3. ^ Lael J Larger (October 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fairview City Jail" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 8 photographs from 2010)
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