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Coke County Jail |
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601 Chadbourne St., Robert Lee,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 53' 34.57853999988",
-100° 29' 15.7469600004"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Successor to county's first one-room jail of rough lumber built about 1891, this building was erected 1907 by Southern Structural Steel Company, San Antonio. Officials who let the contract were P.D. Coulson, county judge; C.M. Barger, S.W. Gaston, T.J. Goss, M.C. Jones, Commissioners. At least seven early sheriffs lived downstairs, acting as jailkeepers. The prisoners averaged about four a month, jailed only for short terms for minor law violations. Coke County never has had a felon assessed the death penalty. The gallows on second floor were never used. (1972)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Coke County Jail Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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