ANNUAL MEETING - JANUARY 12, 2011

The Cedar County Friends of Historic Preservation will hold their Annual meeting on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 6 PM at the Tipton River Family Restaurant located on Cedar Street south of the Courthouse. We will meet in the private meeting room and order off of the menu. Reservations not needed, but a rough head count will help us set up.

The Cedar County Friends of Historic Preservation is an incorporated group whose primary goal is the preservation of the Old Cedar County Jail and adjoining residence, and the establishment of the Jail and House as a Law Enforcement Museum. This is the site of the Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association Museum. You are cordially invited to attend this meeting. You may already be a member of our group, in which case you have already been involved in projects or are someone who is interested in becoming involved.

Annual dues for membership are as follows: $10, single membership; $18, family membership; Society Friend, $50; and Patron membership, $100 per calendar Year. If you are coming to the meeting you may pay dues at that time, or mail them to our treasurer, Jim Jorgensen, 303 Meridian, Tipton, IA 52772. After you have placed your order there will be a short business meeting while the food is being prepared. We will review our past year’s activities and discuss the coming year’s goals. Officers will be elected. I have a couple exciting announcements to make; Reference a movie, or part of being shot at the old jail, and being featured in the Our Iowa magazine.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me at 319-329-1785, e-mail kwhitlal1601@gmail.com, Kris Clark at 886-6220 or Daisy Wingert at 886-2758. We look forward to seeing you there.

Sincerely,
Keith L. Whitlatch, President
Cedar County Friends of Historic Preservation
707 King Avenue, Stanwood, IA 52337

WILL HONOR CEDAR COUNTY SHERRIFS AS JAIL DEDICATION CEREMONY IN JUNE 2004

dedication ceremony, recognizing the old Cedar County Jail and Sheriff's Residence and past and present Cedar County Sheriffs, will be held June 26, beginning at 10 a.m. at the old jail, located at the corner of 4th and lynn Streets in Tipton.

he Cedar County Friends of Historic Preservation, who own the old jail and residence, are restoring the home and plan to turn the jail into a museum to exhibit criminal justice artifacts along with other items of historic interest from the county. Click Here to read full story .....

FACT SHEET ON OLD CEDAR COUNTY JAIL
- By Keith L. Whitlatch

he old Cedar County Jail in Tipton, Iowa, is on lots 7 & 8 of Block 19, of the original town of Tipton. This is on the southwests corner of the block on the intersection of Fourth Street and Lynn Street, one block west of Iowa State Highway 38. It functioned as a working jail from its construction and opening as a jail in mid-November 1892, and continued to serve as a jail until April 13, 2001 when a new jail was opened in Tipton.

he town of Tipton came into existence in 1840 when the county comissioners (now called supervisors) chose the geographical center of the county of cedar to become the county seat. Click Here to continue .....