Benton County Jail - Warsaw, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 14.526 W 093° 22.839
15S E 466690 N 4232745
Ironic, this building was built as a bank, now houses bank robbers.
Waymark Code: WM3PT2
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 05/01/2008
Views: 9
Marker Erected by: Benton County Historical Society
Date Marker Erected: 1993
County of Marker : Benton County
Location of Marker: Van Buren St. & Washington St., Warsaw
Marker Text:
BENTON COUNTY JAIL
This building was originally constructed in 1856 as Benton County's first bank. The Mechanic's Bank of St. Louis.
It was considered the most expensive bank building in western Missouri. This bank thrived until the Civil War, when Warsaw and local farms were burned and plundered.
The building stood empty until 1912 when it was bought by the Benton County Court and converted into a jail.