COLEMAN COUNTY JAIL
1890

Coleman, Texas

Coleman County

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TX - 1884 Coleman County Courthouse and Jail

1884 Coleman County courthouse and the 1890 Jail
Postcard courtesy THC

Historical Marker: On NE corner of courthouse square

COLEMAN COUNTY JAIL

Second county jail. (First was a small 1879 structure on lawn of courthouse.) Erected in 1890, this building is a good example of Victorian jail architecture with some traces of Romanesque Revival. Belting at ground and second floors a notable detail.

Lower floor contains living quarters for the jailer. Upper floor houses both maximum and minimum security cells.

Only one person, a convicted murderer, was ever hanged here.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1970

Coleman County Jail today
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2005

Coleman County Jail
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2003

Coleman TX - courthouse, jail & Commercial Ave.

Commercial Avenue looking north, showing courthouse and jail
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Old postcard courtesy Dan Whatley Collection

Coleman County courthouse & Jail
1940 Postcard courtesy www.rootsweb.com/ %7Etxpstcrd/

TX - 1884 Coleman County Courthouse old photo

The 1884 Coleman County courthouse
1939 Photo Courtesy TXDoT

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COLEMAN COUNTY JAIL 1890

COLEMAN COUNTY JAIL

COLEMAN COUNTY JAIL
1890