The Lower Lake Stone Jail is known as the smallest jail in the United States | Did You Know?

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The Lower Lake Stone Jail was built in 1876 and is known as the smallest jail in the United States. It is located on the corner of Highway 29 and Main Street in Lower Lake. One of Lower Lake’s first stone masons, Stephen Nicolai, built the jail from local materials with the help of John and Theodore Copsey. The Copsey brothers, thrilled with the completion of the jail’s construction, celebrated in one of the local saloons and became rather rowdy. Hence, the brothers became the jail’s first occupants but didn’t remain so for long. The Copley's realized that they had not yet fastened the wooden roof down and, being tall men, they were able to lift up the roof and escape.

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