Parts of original 1932 jail cells still in place at former City Hall, now office space in Tehachapi, California
Old Prisons Historic preservation isn’t easy. Public buildings such as old jails often must be...
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Category: Preservation
Nonprofit buys closed jail museum in Larry McMurtry’s hometown; plans to reopen
Old Prisons A museum located in a jail in a small Texas town has been closed for two years, but...
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Old prisons and jails may have government protections
Sometimes old prisons and jails are torn down when they have outlived their usefulness. But...
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Wilt Chamberlain called this old jail ‘rat-infested,’ now it has landmark status
By Claudia Elliott, Old Prisons Magazine An old jail associated with the 1967 landmark U.S....
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