Texas Prison Museum
The Texas Prison Museum is located in Huntsville, Texas. The non-profit museum features the history of the prison system in Texas. There are many different artifacts in the museum, including an electric chair named "Old Sparky" that was formerly used from 1924 to 1964 as the primary means of execution.Photo: WhisperToMe, Public domain.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Prison museum in Huntsville, Texas
- Address: 491 State Highway 75 North, Huntsville, TX 77320
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Huntsville Regional Airport and Texas Department of Criminal Justice John M Wynne Unit.
Huntsville Regional Airport
Aerodrome
Bruce Brothers Huntsville Regional Airport, also known as Huntsville Municipal Airport, is a city-owned, public-use airport located two nautical miles northwest of the central business district of Huntsville, a city in Walker County, Texas, United States.
Texas Department of Criminal Justice John M Wynne Unit
Prison
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The John M. Wynne Unit is a men's prison of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, located in northern Huntsville, Texas, at the intersection of Farm to Market Road 2821 West and Texas State Highway 75 North. Texas Department of Criminal Justice John M Wynne Unit is situated 3,100 feet northeast of Texas Prison Museum.
Huntsville Unit
Prison
Photo: Nick DiFonzo, CC BY 2.0.
Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville or Huntsville Unit, nicknamed "Walls Unit", is a Texas state prison located in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Huntsville Unit is situated 2½ miles southeast of Texas Prison Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huntsville.
Huntsville
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Huntsville is a small city of about 45,000 residents, located in Walker County, part of the Piney Woods region of Texas. Huntsville is famous as the home of Texas hero, General Sam Houston with an enormous statue of Sam Houston next to Interstate 45, it's famous as a prison town, and is also home to Sam Houston State University.
Texas Prison Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Walker, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
30.73576° or 30° 44′ 9″ northLongitude
-95.58433° or 95° 35′ 4″ westElevation
371 feet (113 metres)Open location code
8626PCP8+87OpenStreetMap ID
way 583999136OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7707914
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