Throckmorton County Jail - Throckmorton, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 33° 10.693 W 099° 10.834
14S E 483166 N 3671058
Jail is now the Throckmorton County Jail Museum. Jail is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WM10VKT
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member pmaupin
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NRHP Nomination Form

"Constructed in 1893 the jail replaced a calaboose which was 14 feet square and built out of 2X6 lumber laid flat ways and spiked together with large spikes, floored and roofed with same material. The calaboose had one door and two gratings.

The jail has walls of brown sandstone. It is straightforward in design and is virtually unmodified on the exterior. Openings on both of the two stories are spanned with segmental arches. A simple stone cornice terminates the walls and a hipped roof with a corrugated iron roofing covers the structure. On the main facade, a frontispiece with a bull's-eye feature and a stepped parapet announces the jail entrance on the east.

The Throckmorton County Jail conforms to typical patterns of late nineteenth-century detention facility design. The cells were located on the second floor. On the ground floor were the quarters for the sheriff, although these at one time were evidently rented out for other uses."

Address:
107 S Eagle Ave
Throckmorton, TX USA
76483

Open to the public: Yes

Web link: [Web Link]

Hours: Not listed

Fees?: Not listed
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