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description

Summary

Significance: Completed in 1854, the Workhouse, with its 92 cells, cooperage, barrel store, and shoe shops, sought to prepare its inmates for a productive re-entry into society. At the time of its demolition in 1971, it was the oldest prison building in the area.

Survey number: HABS NY-5643

Building/structure dates: 1854 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1873 Subsequent Work

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date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
place

Location

Accord (N.Y.) ,  43.12845, -77.61199
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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