clairemont jail

This is probably the most photographed jail in Texas! Google has over 700,000 hits -- most of them pictures similar to this one. Clairemont was the former county seat of Kent County -- where currently the cows outnumber the inhabitants. The courthouse and matching jail were built in 1895 of red sandstone. Both are still standing - although only the first floor of the courthouse remains. Clairemont was doomed to ghost town status when the railroad bypassed the town in 1909 and then the county seat was moved to Jayton in 1954. Interesting sights abound on the back roads.

Clairemont Jail
US 380 and SH 180
Kent County, Texas
2.13.2012