Details for San Jacinto County Jail
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5407007669
Data
| Marker Number | 7669 |
| Atlas Number | 5407007669 |
| Marker Title | San Jacinto County Jail |
| Index Entry | San Jacinto County Jail |
| Address | 200 Slade St. |
| City | Coldspring |
| County | San Jacinto |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 295773 |
| UTM Northing | 3386771 |
| Subject Codes | jails and prisons |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Old Jail Museum. Near 1982 RTHL marker for Old San Jacinto County Jail. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Noted for rare but never used hangman's trap. Second jail for San Jacinto County which was organized 1871, this structure was built in 1887 by L. T. Noyes of Houston. Later, the Southern Structural Steel Company of San Antonio installed cells and the unusual execution device. That firm also built annex in 1911. In 1915 San Jacinto County's frame courthouse burned. When a new brick courthouse was built a quarter-mile to the southwest, axis of the town shifted from area of the jail, which still serves its official role. (1971) |