National and State Register

Westcliffe Jail

Custer County

This circa 1888 small one-story building was constructed of locally collected fieldstone. 

An image of the Westcliffe Jail prior to restoration.

Westcliffe Jail prior to restoration.

 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.