Shackelford County's First Permanent Jail
Erected 1877-78 by architects and builders Thomas & Woerner of Fort Worth. Gerard B. Allen of St. Louis furnished ironwork. Initials on many of the native limestone blocks show masons' claims to payment for work. An early prisoner, John Selman, later killed notorious gunman John Wesley Hardin in El Paso. Superseded 1929 by a new jail, this became vault for archives (1940-68) of playwright Robert Nail. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1962.
32.7232° N, 99.2948° W
Where to Find It
South 2nd Street, Albany
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi W First Christian Church Albany
- 0.1 mi SW Rye-Caperton House Albany
- 0.1 mi W Dr. Jack Shackelford Albany
- 0.1 mi W Shackelford County Courthouse Albany
- 0.1 mi W Lt. Col. William E. Dyess Albany
- 0.1 mi W The Rev. John Brown, Clara Barton and the 1886-1887 Drought Relief Albany