Marker #4-70 : The Ohio State Reformatory

A Big Place -The Ohio State Reformatory uploaded by D.J.Reiser

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A Big Place -The Ohio State Reformatory	D.J.Reiser	11-07-08
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Mansfield Reformatory	Ohio Historical Society	11-18-05
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Window to the outside	www.bsphi.com	07-15-08

Side A : "The Ohio State Reformatory"

Designed by architect Levi T. Scofield, the Ohio State Reformatory opened its doors in 1896 as a facility to rehabilitate young male offenders through hard work and education. A self-sufficient institution with its own power plant and working farm, the reformatory produced goods in its workshops for other state institutions and provided opportunities for inmates to learn trades. As social attitudes towards crime hardened in the mid-twentieth century, it became a maximum-security facility. The six-tier East Cell Block is the largest known structure of its kind. Considered substandard by the 1970s, The Ohio State Reformatory closed in 1990. It has served since as a setting for several major motion pictures. This Mansfield landmark was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.

Side B : ""

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Latitude / Longitude

40.78234 ° / -82.50326 ° - Map Marker

Address

100 Reformatory Road
Mansfield, OH 44905
Richland County

Location Directions

100 Reformatory Road

Keywords

Prisons

Categories

Architecture

Sponsor(s)

Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, and The Ohio Historical Society

Year

2001