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Built in 1885, the old Hood County Jail building was the only jail in Granbury, Texas, until 1978. Originally the main floor was used for deputies’ living quarters. The second floor had three rooms: the gallows, the single cells, used for women and the insane, and the main cell. Within the main cell was a freestanding iron "cage" with two cells with up to four beds per cell. After the new Law Enforcement Center was built, the old jail was converted into a museum which offers tours of the old jail cells and showcases artifacts and memorabilia depicting the history of the Hood county, with exhibits on David Crockett's descendants, General Granbury's tombstone, Jesse James, the Colony, John Wilkes Booth, Barnard's Trading Post and more.
208 N Crockett St, Granbury, TX 76048, Phone: 817-573-5135
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