Old York County Gaol, Lindsay Road, York Village, York County, ME

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Significance: Traditionally built in 1653 and reputedly the oldest public building in English America, the Gaol, although evidently an 18th century construction, is nevertheless of major significance as a very early surviving American jail with many original fittings intact. The building was declared a National Historic Landmark on November 24, 1968.

Survey number: HABS ME-10

Building/structure dates: after. 1890- before. 1900 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1720 Initial Construction

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 68000016

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1933 - 1970

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator

Howells, William Dean

Jannell, Eleanor E

Goiran, Philip

Dana, Sally

Kingsbury, Martha

Myers, Denys Peter

Reeves, F Blair

Benninger, Christopher C

Jahncke, Davis L

Boucher, Jack E, photographer

Hubbard, Allen L, photographer

Admiralty Village , 43.14017, -70.65580

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