Historic Place

Hays County Jail

San Marcos · Hays County · Dedicated 1983 · THC Atlas #2083004500

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Law, Architecture

About this site

Hays County Jail is a historic place in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 20 historic places documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8805, -97.9426 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Calaboose (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Eddie Durham, Cephas, Ulysses, and Wesley Chapel A. M. E. Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083004500. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The old Hays County Jail in San Marcos was built in 1884 to an Italianate design by Edward Northcraft and B. F. Donaldson, with a front L-shaped section housing the sheriff's office and living quarters and a rear two-story cell block. One of the few surviving Italianate buildings in Texas, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 and designated a State Antiquities Landmark in 2008.

Sources: atlas.thc.texas.gov hayshistoricalcommission.com

📍 29.8805, -97.9426 · San Marcos, Hays County

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