National and State Register
Westcliffe Jail
Custer County
This circa 1888 small one-story building was constructed of locally collected fieldstone.
Skilled local stone mason Archie Scherer, also responsible for the Westcliff School, was commissioned to build the jail. The building served as an incarceration facility until the mid-1920s.
National Register
Address
116 2nd St., Westcliffe
Site Number
5CR.218