Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center. The Liberty Jail Visitors’ Center is a Church Historic Site, owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Liberty Jail cutaway. The fall of 2013 marks both the 175 th anniversary of the Prophet’s incarceration at this site as well as the 50 th anniversary of the dedication of Historic Liberty Jail by Elder Joseph Fielding Smith. A new county jail was opened in 1969 and the Old Jail was sold at auction on March 3, 1970 to the Liberty County Historical Society, which eventually donated the building to the City of Hinesville. The Charles Street Jail (built 1851), also known as the Suffolk County Jail, is an infamous former jail (later renovated into a luxury hotel) located at 215 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts.It is listed in the state and national Registers of Historic Places. Photos. Historic Liberty Jail is at 216 N. Main St. Historic Liberty Jail Originally built in 1833, this re-creation of the Liberty Jail once held the Mormon Prophet and leader Joseph Smith and five others. Some guests will see the Boston skyline from their rooms: Liberty Hotel. Today The historic jail was built between 1848-1851. Over the winter of 1838-39, they were confined to a dungeon measuring 14 feet by 14.5 feet. Missionary volunteers staff the site seven days a week during normal hours. Liberty Jail Historic Site, Liberty: See 104 reviews, articles, and 39 photos of Liberty Jail Historic Site, ranked No.2 on Tripadvisor among 18 attractions in Liberty. This is a restored version—in cutaway form—of the 1833 jail in which Mormon prophet Joseph Smith was confined for 4 months beginning in 1838, and where he is said to have received several revelations concerning doctrines of the Mormon Church. Admission is free. Smith and six followers were jailed here during the winter of 1839. Historic Liberty County Jail. The Historic Liberty Jail, built in 1933, is most-known for its most famous prisoner, Joseph Smith, first president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints. Liberty Jail Historic Site 216 N Main St , Liberty, MO 64068 Old Liberty County Jail 302 S Main St , Hinesville, GA 31313 Historic Liberty Jail, history.lds.org. Visitors are welcome. Liberty Jail is a sacred place where the faith of the Prophet Joseph Smith was tested and found sufficient. The Old Jail is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The Liberty Hotel, as it is now known, has retained much of its historic structure, including the famed rotunda. Photo by Kenneth Mays. The original Liberty Jail. 302 S Main St Hinesville, GA United States Get Directions. Justin R. Bray, “Within the Walls of Liberty Jail: D&C 121, 122, 123,” in Matthew McBride and James Goldberg, eds., Revelations in Context: The Stories behind the Sections in the Doctrine and Covenants (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of …