Ralls County Sheriff’s Office
New London
Ralls County
The Ralls County Sheriff’s office is a two-story limestone building across the street from the 1859 Ralls County Courthouse. Both the Courthouse and Sheriff’s Office are on the National Register of Historic Places. In addition to being one of the oldest jails in Missouri, this is one of our state’s few remaining examples of a nineteenth-century jail that combined the housing of both the prisoners and the jailer’s family. There is significant water damage to the stonework on the south east corner of the structure and to a wooden lintel supporting the stonework above it. In turn, these problems have begun to affect the interior floors and walls. This year, Missouri Preservation will advise the Ralls County Commissioners and County Historical Society on the preservation of the jail’s stone work.
