Marquez Calaboose (07-04-15)

Today, I went to an artist’s workshop east of Jewett in Leon County to pick up a metal sculpture that I had commissioned him to create for me.  Rhonda K. Holley took her truck because it would not fit in my car and her mom, Donna Smith, accompanied us.  We had planned to eat at a local cafe in Marquez where they make good burgers, chicken fried steaks, and onion rings.  It was closed so we headed to Jewett.  Rhonda noticed some buildings across the highway and commented that she did not think we had look for calabooses there before.  We drove around town when I spied a small wooden building that was the right size but in very poor condition.  Her mother was the first to notice bars in the window on the far side.  Next door, a lady in the yard said that is indeed the old jail and that the city had plans to fix it up. We took lots of pictures and we plan to return to take measurements and hopefully talk to someone in town who has information about it.  It appears to be one of the smallest that we have found so far.  Additional pictures and a description of this jail can be found under the tab Calabooses on this website under Leon County.

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