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North of FM 1514 on Slade St.
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Historical
Marker Text:San
Jacinto County JailNoted
for rare but never used hangman's trap. Second jail for San Jacinto County which
was organized 1871, this structure was built in 1887 by L. T. Noyes of Houston.
Later, the Southern Structural Steel Company of San
Antonio installed cells and the unusual execution device. That firm also built
annex in 1911. In 1915 San Jacinto County's frame courthouse burned. When a new
brick courthouse was built a quarter-mile to the southwest, axis of the town shifted
from area of the jail, which still serves its official role. Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1982 |
Historical
Marker Text:Old
San Jacinto County JailApproved
by the Commissioners Court in 1886 and completed the following year, this structure
served as the San Jacinto County Jail until 1980. Interior space included second
floor cells and jailer's living quarters on the ground floor. Victorian detailing
is reflected in the decorative brickwork and arched windows. The only remaining
structure of the original townsite, it now serves as a historic reminder of Coldspring
in the 1880s.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1982 | |
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