Mills County Jailhouse - Goldthwaite, TX - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

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.

Street address: Fisher and 5th Sts Goldthwaite, TX USA 76844 County / Borough / Parish: Mills County Year listed: 1979 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899 Historic function: Government Current function: Chamber of Commerce Privately owned?: no Hours of operation: From: 11:00 AM To: 5:00 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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