City/Town: • Grandfield |
Location Class: • Jail |
Built: • ~1923 | Abandoned: • N/A |
Status: • Abandoned |
Photojournalist: • Jeff Hodge |
The Grandfield Jail was built sometime between 1914-1923 it is a typical barrel roof, concrete structure but unlike most others has two cells. Used mostly as a drunk tank or holding cell it was probably abandoned sometime between 1930-1950. On March 1926 the local newspaper reported the hoosegow as being void of tenants.
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/631562747/?terms=devol%20hoosegow&match=1
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