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The 1888 Mills County Jail
Photo
courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October 2010 |
Mills County Jail
"According to the
book "Historic County Jails of Texas" by Edward A. Blackburn Jr., the first county
jail for Mills County after the county was organized in 1887, was a wooden building
built with 2" by 12" lumber with a flat roof and it sat on the south side of the
courthouse
square. It was replaced by this limestone jail in 1888, two years before the county's
first courthouse was built. It was designed by J. B. Dumas and built by Green
and Nichols of Lampasas. A fire damaged
the jail in 1911, but it was restored. The county jail was moved in the 1950s
and the building is now used by the Chamber of Commerce." - Terry
Jeanson, October 10, 2010 |
Historical
Marker Mills County
Jail, 1888First
structure built by newly organized county, before county seat was chosen.
Recorded
Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 |
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Mills
County Jail Historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October 2010 | |
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