Month: March 2020

New museum at former District of Columbia prison honors legacy of women’s suffrage movement

Posted by OldPrisons | Mar 1, 2020 | Magazine, Places to Visit, Repurposed, USA, Virginia

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A multi-purpose building in 1920s Palisade, Nevada was the jail, schoolhouse, courthouse and morgue

Posted by OldPrisons | Mar 1, 2020 | Gone But Not Forgotten, Magazine, Nevada, USA

Old Prisons Gone-but-not-forgotten is this building in Palisade, Nevada, that served the community...

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Nonprofit buys closed jail museum in Larry McMurtry’s hometown; plans to reopen

Posted by OldPrisons | Mar 1, 2020 | Magazine, Preservation, Texas, USA

Old Prisons A museum located in a jail in a small Texas town has been closed for two years, but...

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Montana’s first jail is in Bannack, the town that hanged its sheriff

Posted by OldPrisons | Mar 1, 2020 | Back Story, Magazine, Montana, Places to Visit, USA

By J.M. Moynahan “They’ve hanged the sheriff!” “They’ve hanged the...

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Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio

Posted by OldPrisons | Mar 1, 2020 | Directory, Old Prisons, USA

THE OHIO STATE REFORMATORY, MANSFIELD, OHIO 100 Reformatory Rd, Mansfield, OH 44905...

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