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The Dallas Couny
Jail
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2008 |
The 1915 Dallas
County Jail and Criminal Courts Building
Designed by H.A.
Overbeck of the architectural firm of Martin, Byrne and Johnson, the
jail was built with a hospital, operating room, barber shop and jailer's
quarters. The building is still in use today. - Terry
Jeanson, February, 2008 |
Historical Marker:
Dallas County
Criminal Courts Building
This site was
purchased by Dallas
County in 1913 for a new jail and courts building, designed by
local architect H. A. Overbeck (1861 - 1942). The steel-framed building,
finished in 1915 at a cost of $585,982, is clad with granite, terra
cotta, and brick, exhibiting Renaissance Revival styling. The upper
six floors housed the jail, designed for 200 prisoners. Two large
district courtrooms on the second floor suspended jury trials during
summer months until air conditioning was installed in 1951. In 1964
Jack Ruby (1911 - 1967) was tried in the east courtroom for killing
assassination suspect Lee Harvey Oswald (1939 - 1963).
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1986 |
The Dallas Couny
Jail historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2008 |
The Dallas Couny
Jail architectural details
Photos courtesy Terry
Jeanson, February 2008 |
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