Details for Old Freestone Jail
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5161009879
Data
| Marker Number | 9879 |
| Atlas Number | 5161009879 |
| Marker Title | Old Freestone Jail |
| Index Entry | Freestone Jail, Old |
| Address | Main & Hall St. |
| City | Fairfield |
| County | Freestone |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 769276 |
| UTM Northing | 3513561 |
| Subject Codes | jails and prisons |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | Built 1857 to meet fortress-like specifications: interior walls are 18 inches thick, outer walls, 30 inches. Constructed of brick and oak timbers. Prison, upstairs, had floor of thick oak planks, with subfloor of iron. Jailer lived on ground floor. Folklore says the notorious gunman John Wesley Hardin once spent a night here. This was used as a jail until 1913. It became a museum in 1967. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967 |