Historic Shelby County Jail
The Shelby County Jail is an outstanding example of an 1880's small town Texas county jail. The County Jail is especially significantas an ensemble of the courthouse and the courthouse square. The Shelby County Jail is a rarity among Texas jails of the nineteenth century precisely because it was designed at the same time as the county courthouse and by the same architect. Usually the appearance of Texas jails was a low priority with county commissioners. They saw no need to replace an old jail when building a new courthouse, and, as a result, a jail usually bore little stylistic resemblance to its courthouse. The commissioners of Shelby County, however, saw an opportunity and took it. The result is a pleasing correspondence between courthouse and jail.
Historic Shelby County Jail
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