Huntington

(Angelina County)

This tiny building is believed to have been a calaboose but it is described here as a suspicious structure pending confirmation of the opposite.  An elderly resident of Huntington remembered it as a place where drunks were put overnight but he did not equate it to a jail.The only window is on the back wall.

The window seems rather large for a calaboose but the size of doors and windows varied a great deal in calaboose construction.  Also, it could have been enlarged to allow for the installation of the equipment depicted in this picture.

I am less certain that this was the local calaboose but other purposes for a building of this size elude me at this time.  There are two doors and that suggest a bathroom in a different location.  Should it be a former calaboose, two cells would make sense.  The door appears to be old but it does not have the appearance of any I have seen on a calaboose to date.

The interior has been divided into three rooms with modern cinder blocks making it difficult to ascertain the original floor plan.