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Coleman County
Jail
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, May 2005 |
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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Coleman County
Jail
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, February 2003 |
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