Houston, Alabama: Wooden Jail
Cost-saving calaboose. Not the place to imprison criminal carpenters, or anyone handy with a saw or a mean flying kick.
- Address:
- 4802 Co Rd 63, Houston, AL
- Directions:
- On the east side of AL-63 just south of the post office.
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This is the oldest wooden jail in Alabama and the second oldest in the country. There's a historical marker out front, as well as a small Eagle Scout mini-cannon and three bronze busts. Located next to the post office.
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