Royse City

A one-story wood calaboose is depicted on the Sanborn map dated 1901 (Sheet 3) in Royse City, Texas.   It was in the middle of city block “C” next to an ironclad warehouse at 343 ½ Main Street and behind a billiard parlor and cobbler shop at 341 and 342 Main and near the tracks for the Missouri Kansas and Texas Railroad. It was still there in 1906 (Sheet 3) but the warehouse was gone and a wooden bandstand was the only structure at 341 and 342 Main Street. In 1911 (Sheet 4) it was still there but now there was a row of brick businesses in the 300 block of Main that included the Grand Central Hotel. In 1921 (Sheet 2) it was gone and the hotel was now called the Grand Palace Hotel. That same year (Sheet 3) a small, one-story concrete jail was next to a water tower between city block C and the railroad tracks (Sheet 3).  It is still standing (see Calabooses).

Royse City 1901

Royse City 1921