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Ohio Intermediate Penitentiary Board of Managers, Board of State Charities, and Cornerstone Committee

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Title	Ohio Intermediate Penitentiary Board of Managers, Board of State Charities, and Cornerstone Committee
Subject	Ohio Government Prisons
Place	Mansfield (Ohio) Richland County (Ohio)
Description	The ceremony to lay the cornerstone for the new Intermediate Penitentiary in Mansfield, Ohio was held on November 4, 1886. The festivities included a parade through downtown Mansfield, and an estimated 15,000 people were on hand for the ceremony. This list of officers details the men involved in the founding of the prison, including the Mansfield City Council. The second sheet is a listing of Officers of the State of Ohio, 1884, showing Governor George Hoadley, his cabinet, and members of the Ohio legislature. Both items are 12.2" x 18" (31 x 46 cm). These items are part of a larger collection of materials placed in the cornerstone of the Mansfield Reformatory. Items placed in the cornerstone are very diverse, and represent Ohio history, public works, and business, as well as various newspapers from Ohio and the nation. Only the items relating to the Reformatory are included in Ohio Memory. In 1884 the Ohio state legislature approved the creation of a prison to serve as an intermediate step between the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster and the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. Citizens of Mansfield, led by General Roeliff Brinkerhoff, lobbied for the prison to be located at Mansfield. The city was selected, and it set to work raising $10,000 to purchase 30 acres of land for the site of the prison. The state purchased an additional 150 acres for $20,000, and hired Cleveland architect Levi T. Scofield (1847-1917) to design the prison. When he was hired to design the prison in 1885, Scofield had already designed the asylums for the insane at Athens (1868) and Columbus (1869), as well as Cleveland's Central High School (1878), and private residences such as the R.K. Winslow house (1878) on Euclid Avenue. The Intermediate Penitentiary officially opened on November 17, 1896, when 150 prisoners were transferred from the Ohio Penitentiary. Crowds lined the route from Columbus to Mansfield, and the Richland Shield and Banner ran the headline "Mansfield's Greatest Day." In 1891 the Int
Creator	Ohio Intermediate Penitentiary Board of Managers, Board of State Charities, and Cornerstone Committee
Date of Original	1886 circa
Collection	Mansfield Reformatory Cornerstone Collection
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts) Cornerstone Collection
Submitting Institution	Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society
Type	Text
Format	manuscripts

Title	Om77_573032_010
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om77_573032_010.tif
Image Height	6800
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Full Text	Ohio Intermediate Penitentiary Board of Managers J.L. Smith... Oakland, Ohio. F.M. Marriott ,. Delaware, O. B.F. Crawford, Mansfield, O. J.M. Pugh, Columbus, O. G.S. Innis, Clerk, Columbus, O. Levi T. Scofield Architect Cleveland, Ohio Frederick F. Schnitz Superintendent Delaware, O. Hancock and [written sideways] Dow Contractors Mansfield, Ohio Board of State Charities Gov. J.O. Foraker Prest. ex-officio. Miles D. Carrington. William Howard Neff. Roeliff Brinkerhoff John W. Andrews John Beatty Lyman J. Jackson Albert G. Byers... Secretary Laying the Corner Stone of the Intermeidate Penitentiary Thursday November 4th 1886 Committee on Reception and Entertainment Eckels McCoy N.N. Leyman Hon. George W. Geddes Hon. S.S. Bloom Hon. J.E. Howard J.M. Waugh S.E. Birds William M Hahn. C.N. Gaumer. John C. Burns. James D. Bell W.F. Voegele. William Ritter E.C. Baxter George N. Kearn Hiram R. Smith F.E. Tracy Peter Rissman. Hon. A.J. Mack Wm S. Cappeller. Willis M Sturges. Peter Scholl. Col. T.T. Dill. William Ackerman A.E. Heineman Louis S. Keubler Hon. R.R. McCrory B.C. Hildreth Caot. D.L. Cockley F.Y. McCray J. McInarna John Schantz Mansfield City Council George A. Clugston Mayor. E.E. McBride President of Council Capt. W.H. Taylor Geo W Plymeyer John H Miller John Cahall E. Keller Peter Faust Jos P. Richardson. Jno V. Glessnen Jr. Clerk John G. Connolly City Solicitor J.W. Weil Marshal. Joseph Cline Steet Comissioner. Henry W.Lemon Captain of Police. Jacob Laird Engineer. A.P. Seiler, Mansfield, Ohio.

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