Ohio state penitentiary

Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus, Ohio

Above graph is made by Michael Beirne. Let's get a closer look of each part from the north to the south and to the east. Now and Then: Y - Storage X- Power Plant T - Woolen, Cotton and Knitting Mills, Tabacco and Printing Shops U - Shoe Factory and Laundry V - Dormitory G - Guard Tower S (north portion of) - Dormitory and Vocational Training building R (north portion of) - Dormitory, Tailor Shop, Shoe Repair, and Bathhouse building L - Hospital N (of courtyard) - Water Tower G (of courtyard)…

Three hundred and twenty-two inmates were killed in a fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary.

When it was built in 1886, at a cost then of $1.3 million, the Ohio State Reformatory (also known as the Mansfield Reformatory) was the largest reformatory in America. It evolved into a state penitentiary over time, and housed over 150,000 individual residents, as many as 3,500 at a time, from death-row inmates to adolescent petty thieves, before closing in 1990. The state built a modern correctional facility next door, and began tearing down the reformatory, before being stopped by local…

If you're looking for things to do in Mansfield, Ohio, a tour through the beautiful, historic and creepy Ohio State Reformatory is a must!

Plenty of ghost stories center around the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, also known as the Mansfield Reformatory. Built between the years of ...

Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio

Before it became a tourist attraction and a movie sets for Hollywood blockbusters like the Shawshank Redemption, Ohio State Reformatory was one of America's most notorious prisons.

11 Creepy Stories From Mansfield Reformatory, AKA Old Ohio State Penitentiary

Here are some of the oldest Ohio pictures, and they certainly show us how different life was back in the late 1800s and early 1900s.