[1] It was built at Fourth and Washington Streets in Hillsboro, Oregon, by William Brown for a cost of $900.

[1] One of those dying in the jail was former Hudson's Bay Company employee William Burris, who killed his family in 1855 in a drunken rage.

[1] In 1953, the structure was moved to the Washington County Fairgrounds (now known as the Westside Commons), where it remained until 2003.

[1] Next, in 2004, the jail was re-assembled inside the Washington County Museum where it sat as a permanent exhibit, preserved in the climate controlled environment.

[1] The building originally housed a bucket, ankle chains, and straw mattresses.