SEALY HISTORICAL SOCIETY LOOKING TO ACQUIRE OLD JAIL BUILDING

  

The Sealy Area Historical Society has asked the Austin County Commissioners Court to make a historical donation.

The Historical Society wants the commissioners to donate the old Austin County Jail building in Sealy to them. They are also wanting them to donate the lot that the building sits on.

Spokeswoman Nancy Noran said they are planning on turning the facility, which was built in 1928, into a first responder museum.

Noran told Commissioners that the cost to restore the building is $12,600.

The City of Sealy entered into a 99 year lease with Austin County back in 1972, but Noran said that the City has done nothing with the old jail building, and only uses it for storage.

The Historical Society attempted to find a record of the lease agreement back in 1989, but were unable to locate it.

According to the Bellville Times, the Commissioners voted 4-0 to move forward with the project as long as the City agrees to break the lease, and the County takes the proper steps to terminate the lease.