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Description: This 1870s stereoview shows the exterior of the Ohio Penitentiary, located at 254 West Spring Street in Columbus, Ohio. The stereoscope was a popular form of entertainment in the late 19th 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. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1909_1982274_001
Subjects: Ohio Penitentiary (Columbus, Ohio); Ohio Government; Architecture; Prisons; Correctional institutions -- Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)

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