Details for Kimble County Jail
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5267002892
Data
| Marker Number | 2892 |
| Atlas Number | 5267002892 |
| Marker Title | Kimble County Jail |
| Index Entry | Kimble County Jail |
| Address | |
| City | Junction |
| County | Kimble |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 426623 |
| UTM Northing | 3373351 |
| Subject Codes | buildings; outlaws; jails and prisons |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | N. 5th and Pecan St. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | THIS BUILDING, KIMBLE COUNTY'S THIRD JAIL, WAS ERECTED IN 1892 DURING THE TERM OF JUDGE W. A. SPENCER AND COMMISSIONERS G. R. ARMSTRONG, J. F.COWSERT, AND H. W. McCALEB. BUILT AT A COST OF $3,150, THE TWO-FOOT THICK HEWN STONE WALLS GAVE THE FORTRESS THE REPUTATION FOR BEING "AS SECURE AS HUNTSVILLE STATE PRISON". AMONG THE MANY PRISONERS HELD HERE WAS THE 1896 KILLER, GIP HARDIN, BROTHER OF NOTED BADMAN JOHN WESLEY HARDIN. RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1964 |