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Old Frio County Jail 
Summary
The Old Frio County Jail, in Pearsall, Texas, was built in 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It serves as the Frio Pioneer Jail Museum.[1]
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| Location | E. Medina and S. Pecan Sts., Pearsall, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 28°53′16″N 99°05′35″W / 28.88778°N 99.09306°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1884 |
| Built by | Pauly, P.J. & Bro. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002941[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 19, 1979 |
It was built by P.J. Pauly & Bro. It is a two-story Victorian-style building with "elaborately moulded brickwork and functional thick plastered brick walls", and is "An excellent and well-preserved example of public Victorian architecture in rural Texas."[2]
It is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Barbara C. Nagel (August 23, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Old Frio County Jail / Frio Pioneer Jail Museum" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved August 25, 2018.
External links edit
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