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Motley County Jail |
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Stewart St. (FM 94), Matador,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
34° 0' 55.30748000004",
-100° 49' 18.8823600012"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
This 2-story jail was erected in 1891, the year Motley County was organized, after County Judge H. H. Campbell and commissioners Dan Browning, A. B. Cooper, J. J. John and W. E. Power awarded a construction contract to local builders J. F. Aiken and J. T. Cornett. Cells were on the top floor of the structure and jailer's living quarters on the lower level. The first courthouse, also built in 1891, later burned, but this jail remains as a symbol of Motley County's frontier heritage. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1976
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Motley County Jail Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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