- City:
- Glen Rose, TX
- Site Type:
- Military and Public Safety, Civic Facilities, Penal Facilities
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1934
- Completed:
- 1934
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- No Longer Extant
Description
This old jail served Somervell County for 50 years, before it was closed by the state for not meeting modern jail standards.
Built in 1934, funded as a WPA government project during the Depression, as a replacement for the first county jail built in 1884, located on the same site.
Source notes
https://www.texasescapes.com/Jails/Somervell-County-Jail-Glen-Rose-Texas.htmSite originally submitted by Doug Halvorsen on January 16, 2017.
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