The Belt Jail Preservation Program ensures that the Belt Jail remains on the National Register of Historic Places Inventory. The building measures 28' 4" by 30' 4". 4". The exterior walls are of buff colored sandstone laid up in a random ashlar pattern. The stones on the front (west) facade are larger than those of the side and rear walls. The exterior walls are over a foot thick. The window sills and lintels are rough faced dressed stones, as is the lintel of the single centrally located doc The roof is built of rough sawn 2 by 8's. These are standing on edge and nailed together to form a solid roof. The roof is a slightly pitched shed roof with a built-up roof covering. The front facade has two tall rectangular barred windows, one on each side of the single doorway. There are no openings on the sides of the building. The three cell windows on the rear wall are horizontal rectangular barred units and are set high up on the wall near the roof.
The Belt History Education & Community Engagement Programs provide residents and visitiors to the town of Belt with educational and volunteer museum docent programs that focus on creating public awareness of historic names, places and notable community milestones that have taken place in the Belt community in the 19th-20th Century.