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WILSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Wilson County, Texas

	Jailhouse Museum Courthouse Square Floresville, Texas Opened by appointment. Call 830.216.2225
Built in 1887, the building housed the sheriff and his family downstairs. The prisoner cells were upstairs. The jailhouse was used until 1974.
	The prisoners were jailed in three stories of cells, above the sheriff's living quarters.
The sheriff's family lived safely on one side of the jailhouse.
	The museum offers local history displays, Floresville photos and other historical memorabilia.
The jail could hold as many as 32 prisoners. A gallows was built in the jail, but no hangings ever took place -- inside.