Denton County

Celina

I found a reference to a calaboose in this town that was sold when it was no longer needed.  Looking for the source of this information.

Lewisville

The 1921 Sanborn map (Sheet 2) depicts a small one-story stone jail in Lewisville, Texas.It was located in the middle of Mill Street near the corner of that street and Elm between city blocks 4 and 38. It is virtually equidistant between 103 Mill and 122 Mill. According to Drew Dietrich (city employee), the 1912 jail is no longer standing. There is a later jail built in 1927 that is discussed in the text of this report.  On the Perry-Casteñada website, the only Sanborn maps for Lewisville are dated 1912.  This is not correct.  The seal at the top of the map is dated May 1921.

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Pilot Point

The Sanborn map dated 1885 (Sheet 1) depicts a one-story wood calaboose in Pilot Point, Texas at 117 ½ North Jefferson (city block 9).  It was still there in 1891 (Sheet 2), 1901 (Sheet 2), and 1907 (Sheet 2).  In 1912 (Sheet 2) it was vacant and replaced by a one-story stone jail at 408 Liberty Street (block 16). In 1921 (Sheet 2) the stone jail had been converted to a cobbler shop. A one-story ironclad city jail was back at city block 9 in the same general area as the earlier wood calaboose. The concrete calaboose that is present today (see Calabooses) had not been constructed in 1921.

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 Pilot Point 1885

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Pilot Point 1912

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Pilot Point 1921

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