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The 1888 Mills
County Jail
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October 2010
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Mills County
Jail
"According to the
book "Historic County Jails of Texas" by Edward A. Blackburn Jr.,
the first county jail for Mills County after the county was organized
in 1887, was a wooden building built with 2" by 12" lumber with a
flat roof and it sat on the south side of the courthouse
square. It was replaced by this limestone jail in 1888, two years
before the county's first courthouse was built. It was designed by
J. B. Dumas and built by Green and Nichols of Lampasas.
A fire damaged the jail in 1911, but it was restored. The county jail
was moved in the 1950s and the building is now used by the Chamber
of Commerce." - Terry
Jeanson, October 10, 2010 |
Mills County
Jail Historical marker
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, October 2010 |
Historical
Marker
Mills
County Jail, 1888
First structure
built by newly organized county, before county seat was chosen.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 |
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