Marker Inscription
Mills County Jail, 1888. First structure built by newly organized county, before county seat was chosen.
Historical Marker
Mills County Jail
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About this site
Mills County Jail is a historical marker in Goldthwaite, Mills County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Mills County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 38 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.4516, -98.5687 near Goldthwaite. The nearest cataloged historic site is Confederate Veterans Memorial of Mills County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Old Town Well, Goldthwaite, The, Mills County Courthouse, and Goldthwaite Eagle.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5333003389. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Built in 1888, the Mills County Jail was the first public building erected by the newly organized county, completed before Goldthwaite was chosen as county seat. The two-story native limestone-and-sandstone structure was built by Green and Nichols of Lampasas with iron and steel cellwork by the Diebold Safe and Lock Company, and it housed the sheriff's family on the ground floor with cells above. It served until 1977 and is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (1965) listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Sources: texasescapes.comhistorictexas.net
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