Panola County Jail - Carthage, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 09.485 W 094° 20.283
15S E 373826 N 3558742
Designed by J. N. Carnes and completed in 1891, this structure served as the Panola County Jail for sixty-two years.
Waymark Code: WMRAZK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/02/2016
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Old Jail Library Website
The upstairs of the Old Jail is now used as a museum. The old cells and locks are still intact. The bottom floor of the jail is where the jailer's family lived and where meals were prepared for the prisoners by the jailer's wife. The bottom floor now has three book rooms with a good representation of states, counties and family history; a computer room with four computers for public use; and an office with one computer for keeping up with the daily affairs of Panola County Historical and Genealogical Assn.
The Old Jail Library is open three days per week: Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday afternoon.
Normal hours are from 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM on Tuesday and Wednesday, and from 1:00 PM until 5:00 PM on Sunday.
There is no user fee or membership cost.