Marker Inscription
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)
About this site
San Jacinto County Jail is a historical marker in Coldspring, San Jacinto County, dedicated in 1971. It is one of 23 historical markers documented in San Jacinto County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 94 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.5977, -95.1301 near Coldspring. The nearest cataloged historic site is Old San Jacinto County Jail (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Mount Moriah Lodge No. 37, A. F. & A. M., San Jacinto County Jail, and Oakwood.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5407007669. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
