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  Record of the Month! For the month of June, we are featuring a variety of entries from the Historic Jail Registers. Licking County’s Historic Jail is a well-known structure throughout the county, and is considered one of the county’s most architecturally significant buildings. Constructed in 1889, the historic jail was the fourth detention facility constructed in the county. Initially the jail could accommodate sixty-eight inmates across four cell blocks. Designed by Ohio architect Joseph Warren Yost in the Richardsonian Romanesque Revival style, the jail’s overall appearance is that of a castle fortress. Yost also included several intricate details, such as carvings of cat-like creatures into the windowsills and a frog water spout.   The iconic structure served as the county’s primary detention facility until 1987. The jail registers track who was arrested and booked into jail, regardless of whether or not charges were formally filed through the court. The information includes