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| "The jail
today. It sits behind the Uptown Blanco Restaurant on Main Street,
across from the old
courthouse." - Terry
Jeanson July, 2011 |
Old Blanco
County Jail
Built in 1877,
the old Blanco County Jail still stands behind commercial buildings
on the west side of the square. The 18x14 limestone structure features
two small barred windows and an iron ring to chain unruly prisoners.
- From text of card below photo of jail in the old
courthouse. |
| "Card below
the photo. According to the book "Wanted: Historic County Jails of
Texas" by Edward A. Blackburn Jr., the cells from this jail were removed
and taken to Johnson
City when the county seat was relocated there." - Terry
Jeanson |
The Old Blanco
County Jail Lock
Photo
by Michael
Barr , April 2021 |
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