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Old Frio County Jail

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Background

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. 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." It is a Texas State Antiquities Landmark and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

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Occupancy

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Year opened

1884

Operational

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Facility profile

Operator

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Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

1884

Region

Pearsall

Security level

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Death-row facility

No

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Contact & address

adjacent to courthouse square, Highway 81, Pearsall

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@misc{worldprisons-old-frio-county-jail,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Old Frio County Jail},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-frio-county-jail},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}