Jasper County Jail (former) – Jasper TX

City:
Jasper, TX

Site Type:
Penal Facilities, Military and Public Safety

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1935

Completed:
1937

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Jasper County Jail in Jasper, Texas was built by the Works Progress Administration under project number 65-66-3047. The building is currently the Jasper County Historical Commission Office and Library.

Source notes

Plaque on building

Note card on historical photograph from the National Archives and Records Administration digitized by the Historic Sites and Structures Program, Texas State Parks (Texas Parks and Wildlife Department)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/141324854@N04/25689635023/

Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on April 2, 2018.

Location Info


East Houston St.
Jasper, Texas Jasper County

Location notes: Courthouse Square

Coordinates: 30.92094, -94.0000

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