During our visit to Marion, recently, we took a tour of the Williamson County Historical Society Jail Museum and Library. From the basement to the attics, every inch of the building is used to display interesting artifacts from a bygone era. I was also on the lookout for doors and there were several that caught my eye.
The museum is housed in the former Sheriff’s residence which was also the local jail (more of this in a future post) and not only can you see the original cells but also re-creations of a local bank, grocery store, doctor’s office and school room, amongst other things. As I said, they utilize every scrap of space and we were amazed at how much they had managed to cram into four floors. It was one of the most interesting historical museums that we have ever visited. After spending some time at the museum we drove on to Carbondale where we stopped at a gas station for a fill-up and I couldn’t resist getting a shot of some restaurant doors nearby.
Our reason for visiting Carbondale was to see the Jeremy Rochman Memorial Park, a father’s touching tribute to a 19-year-old son who was tragically killed in a car accident. Jeremy was a great fan of Dungeons and Dragons and the park is filled with characters from this popular game (the subject of another future post.)
For more on Norm’s Thursday Doors go to https://miscellaneousmusingsofamiddleagedmind.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/thursday-doors-october-12-2017/
Getting the Picture 
Another great series of vintage doors!
Thanks, Indira! This ‘doors’ series has me looking for them wherever we go now.
Wonderful set. I like that notice in the top photo.
Thank you! Yes, I think the sign really made the picture more interesting. Thank you for stopping by.
Love these old, but functional doors! Especially your second capture of an oven(?)
Yes, the kitchen range was quite ornate, as many of these old-time household items often were. Imagine having to clean around all those swirls and decorations!
That place sounds super interesting.
It really was! We’ve been to so many of these historical museums and after a while they start to look the same but this one in Marion was a nice surprise. The jail cells will feature in an upcoming post.