TERRY COUNTY'S
FIRST JAIL

Terry County

Brownfield, Texas

Built in 1916

This building now sits in the Terry County Heritage Park at E. Cardwell and S. B Street in Brownfield.

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First Terry County Jail, Brownfield, Texas

The First Terry County Jail
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, February 2007

Historical Marker: 600 E. Cardwell St., Brownfield

Terry County's First Jail

Terry County, organized in 1904, had no jail facility until this frame structure was erected in 1916 on the southeast corner of the courthouse square. The one-room building with two steel cells was replaced in 1926 by a jail located on the top floor of the new courthouse. This small structure then became property of A. T. Fowler, who moved it to his farm in the 1940s. The outside walls were plastered and the interior used for storage. Given to Terry County Heritage Museum in 1974 by A. T. and Terrell Fowler, the old jail was transferred to this site and restored.
(1975)

Terry County 's First Jail Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Terry Jeanson, February 2007

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TERRY COUNTY'S FIRST JAIL Terry County Brownfield, Texas

Terry County's First Jail

TERRY COUNTY'S
FIRST JAIL

Terry County

Brownfield, Texas