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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.
Historical Marker information above courtesy of Terry
Jeanson) |
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