First - Terry County Jail - Brownfield, TX
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N 33° 10.556 W 102° 16.128
13S E 754668 N 3674113
A 1975 Texas Historical Marker is attached to the county's first jail, donated to the Terry County Heritage Museum in 1974.
Waymark Code: WM13BCK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/31/2020
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Historical Marker:
Terry County, organized in 1904, had no jail facility until this frame structure was erected in 1916 on the southeast corner of the courthouse square. The one-room building with two steel cells was replaced in 1926 by a jail located on the top floor of the new courthouse. This small structure then became property of A. T. Fowler, who moved it to his farm in the 1940s. The outside walls were plastered and the interior used for storage. Given to Terry County Heritage Museum in 1974 by A. T. and Terrell Fowler, the old jail was transferred to this site and restored.
FIRST - Classification Variable: Item or Event
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1916
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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