At the June 4, 1894 meeting of the Yoe Borough Council, a motion was passed for the Ways and Means Committee see to the building of a lockup, and that Council select a site without delay.
At the June 22, 1894 meeting, a resolution was passed to purchase "18 feet of land at a dollar a foot front on Water Street to erect said building on" with the building to be twelve feet long by ten feet wide by eight feet high, "the building to have two windows well protected and have two rooms or departments, have a door in the partition, have a double door outside" with a shingle roof, weatherboarded and painted.
At the August 6, 1894 meeting the Ways and Means Committee reported that lumber for the lockup was purchsed for $55, stone at 50 cents per pound delivered, and that the committee found land at 80 cents per foot front, purchasing 20 foot of land for $2 less than the land previously selected. The location of this land was not noted.
At the October 1, 1894 meeting, the President of the Borough Council reported that he had made one iron door for the lockup as requested, and asked the members to come and inspect the door before constructing the second one.
At the November 5, 1894 meeting, the Council approved the purchase of a stove to heat the lockup. In addition, the Ways and Means Committee reported on the sale of lumber left over from the construction of the lockup, that the lockup is to be painted for $1.25, and the following expenses for the construction of the lockup were recorded: blacksmithing and iron doors, $10.33; carpenter work and hauling lumber, $11.50.
SOURCE: Minutes of the Yoe Borough Council