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Texas | Architecture | Jails

Maverick County Jail
Eagle Pass, Texas

Next to the current Maverick County courthouse
North of the 1885 courthouse on Quarry St.

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Eagle Pass TX - 1949 Maverick County Jail
The 1949 Maverick County jail
Photo coutesy Terry Jeanson, October 2005
Photographer's Note:
The 1949 Maverick County jail was restored and painted to match the restored 1885 courthouse. - Terry Jeanson
Maverick County courthouse and jail old photo
Historic photo of Maverick County Courthouse and Jail
Courtesy Texas State Library and Archives
This photo of the Maverick County Courthouse and Jail illustrates a common story in Texas. Often the courthouse and jail were built at the same time and often they were the first buildings on a desolate landscape. Similar photos exist for El Paso and Marfa - where the buildings appear to be on the surface of the moon.

The early jail with crenelation was replaced by the 1949 jail of utilitarian design.
Maverick County jail, Eagle Pass, TExas

Maverick County Jail as it appeared in 2004

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