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Photographer's
Note:
"The 1857 Freestone County jail, remodeled in 1880, now serves
as the Freestone County Historical Museum." - Terry Jeanson,
June 1, 2007 |
Historical Marker:
Main & Hall St., Fairfield
Old Freestone
Jail
Built 1857 to meet
fortress-like specifications: interior walls are 18 inches thick,
outer walls, 30 inches. Constructed of brick and oak timbers. Prison,
upstairs, had floor of thick oak planks, with subfloor of iron. Jailer
lived on ground floor. Folklore says the notorious gunman John
Wesley Hardin once spent a night here. This was used as a jail
until 1913. It became a museum in 1967.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967 |
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