Historical Marker

Somervell County Jail

Glen Rose · Somervell County · Dedicated 1962 · THC Atlas #5425003814

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About this site

Somervell County Jail is a historical marker in Glen Rose, Somervell County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 17 historical markers documented in Somervell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 42 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.2346, -97.7568 near Glen Rose. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dinosaur Tracks (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Veterans of the Confederacy, Spanish American War, World War I and II, Somervell County, and Somervell County Courthouse.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5425003814. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The old Somervell County jail in Glen Rose was built in 1934 as a WPA project, replacing an 1884 stone jail on the same site; the jailer and his family lived on the lower floor while prisoners were held upstairs. Condemned as a jail by the state in the 1970s, the building was refurbished for county office space in 1991.

Sources: hmdb.org livingnewdeal.org

📍 32.2346, -97.7568 · Glen Rose, Somervell County

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