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Title
Ohio
Penitentiary
Stereoview
Subject
Ohio Government
Architecture
Prisons
Place
Columbus (Ohio)
Franklin County (Ohio)
Description
This
1870s
stereoview
shows
the
exterior
of the
Ohio
Penitentiary
,
located
at
254
West
Spring
Street
. The
stereoscope
was a
popular
form
of
entertainment
in the
late
nineteenth
century
.
Stereoviews
, also
called
stereographs
,
contain
side-by-side
images
captured
simultaneously
from
two
slightly
different
perspectives
.
Looking
at the
card
through
a
stereoscope
, a
viewer
sees
a
single
three-dimensional
image
.
One
half
of the
double
image
is
shown
here. The
full
stereoview
card
is
4.25
by
7
inches
(10.8
by
17.78
cm)
.
First
erected
in
1813
at the
corner
of
Main
and
Second
streets
, the
state
penitentiary
in
Columbus
was a
three-story
brick
structure
with
13
cells
. The
first
convicts
were
brothers
Hank
and
Dale
Evans
from
Pickaway
County
,
who
were
sentenced
for
five
years
for
assault
and
battery
with
intent
to
kill
. They
began
serving
their
sentences
on
August
15
,
1815
. A
new
three-story
building
was
built
on the
same
site
in
1818
. By
1830
the
state
penitentiary
proved
inadequate
. In
1832
, the
legislature
approved
building
a
new
penitentiary
capable
of
holding
500
convicts
. The
building
was
constructed
on
Spring
Street
in
1834
. In
April
1955
it
housed
an
all-time
high
of
5,235
prisoners
.
Most
prisoners
were
removed
from the
prison
by
1972
,
following
completion
of the
Southern
Ohio
Correctional
Facility
. The
Ohio
Pen
was
closed
in
1984
. The
site
was
abandoned
and
remaining
building
were
demolished
in
1997
to
make
way
for
Nationwide
Arena
.
Creator
Kenton & Gates
Date of Original
1870
-
1879
Collection
Ohio
Penitentiary
,
Columbus
,
Ohio
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
SC
763
;
AL01764
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om1909_1982274_001.tif
Image Height
2538
Image Width
1999
File Size
779.33 KB
Date created
2009-01-13
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