[2] The listing included the original Administration Building, which is a large stone structure designed by Salt Lake City architect Walter E. Ware and built in stages during the 1890s.

The design is generally Romanesque in style, including in its type of stonework and features such as a semicircular arch, vermiculated stone sills, short columns with foliated capitals, and cone-shaped roofs on its tower.

In the summer of 1911, the Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars baseball team played, made up of 12 inmates.

A driving factor behind this was the faults with the star, or block, layout of the North Facility.

Security issues of the old North Facility came to light when Corporal Wayne Martinez was killed by three inmates.

The three inmates gained access to the control center Corporal Martinez was in, beating him with a fire extinguisher and stabbing him over thirty times.