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Hill County Cell Block Museum (Hill County Jail)

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1893, W. C. Dodson. 120 N. Waco St.

With its irregular massing, opposed end gables, and wraparound porch, the jail could be mistaken for a fashionable period house, were it not for the aggressive crenellations along the cornice roofline, a typical fortification symbolism for a jail. The two-story buff brick jail has tall, narrow windows and a metal cornice. The front section accommodated the sheriff’s office, and the cells were at the rear. The jail closed in 1983, and the building converted to a museum.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Grimes Garage
City Department of Economic Development (Hillsboro City Hall and Fire Department)
Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce (Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Passenger Station)
Hill County Courthouse
Courthouse Square Commercial Buildings

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Hill County Cell Block Museum (Hill County Jail)", [Hillsboro, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-GH25.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 267-267.

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