The old Howard County Jail is once again for sale. Fayette Main Street, Inc., which currently owns the stately and unique abode, placed the circa 1875 jail and sheriff’s quarters on the market last week with an asking price of $350,000.

The Victorian era building is separated into two sections: the living quarters, which originally housed the sheriff and his family, and the jail, which still features nine cells along with the booking room. The living area was completely renovated by 2008, after Los Angeles attorney Gary Kaplan purchased the building on eBay for $42,000 from the county in 2005. It was named a notable historic property by the Fayette Historic Preservation Commission in 2010.

The new Howard County Jail was completed in November 2004, leaving the old jail empty.

Kaplan used the old jail as a part-time vacation residence. Plans once existed to use the building as a museum. Eventually, Kaplan abandoned his plans to relocate to Fayette and in 2015 donated the jail to Fayette Main Street.

Since then, the organization has maintained the property and occasionally rents it out using the online vacation property rental website airbnb.com.

The sale has generated a fair amount of online buzz, with various degrees of accuracy from outlets such as tmz.com, a tabloid news website. Such internet sensationalism often draws not only erroneous information, but wild and baseless speculation, which prompted the City of Fayette to issue a press release outlining its lack of ownership of the property. “The city was not involved in the original sale and has no involvement in the present offering. The city does not have the power to regulate the sale of private real estate,” the city’s attorney, Nathan Nicholaus, wrote in the release.

“Speculation has been raised that the old jail might be used for some improper purpose. If there were any basis that any illegal activities were going on the city would of course take prompt action. However, the property has been in private hands for many years without any such incidents. The city encourages the continued responsible use and preservation of this historic property,” states the release.