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| The 1905 Schleicher
County jail was built with limestone by T.S Hodges. It sits on the courthouse
grounds at US 190 and US 277, the main intersection in town. Built with a gallows,
that was never used, the jail was vacated in the early 1960s. - Terry
Jeanson, April 2008 |
The
former Schleicher County jail
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, March, 2005 |
| "An
oil painting of the 1905 jail (left) and the 1902
courthouse (right) in the [courthouse]
lobby. Artist Don Farrington based his painting on an old photo of the courthouse
square."
- Terry
Jeanson, October 2011 |
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