https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/prisons-and-jails/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prisons-and-jails Connecting the Past with the Present, Building Community, Creating a Legacy Thu, 23 Mar 2023 18:55:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/prisons-and-jails/comment-page-1/#comment-1569185 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 13:50:39 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=29216#comment-1569185 To whom it may concern, I was viewing old philadelphia atlases from the early 1900’s & its marked county prison farm in the far northeast at mechanicsville & dunksferry rds. Not far from Byberry state hospital site. Any info would be great & much appreciated. I also grew up in the area. Thank You.

]]> https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/prisons-and-jails/comment-page-1/#comment-1505057 Wed, 25 Jul 2018 20:49:32 +0000 https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/?p=29216#comment-1505057 I own an 1812 Deed in which the Grantors were the “Inspectors of the Prison of the City of Philadelphia.” The site is where the Marriott Downtown is now located, at 11th-12th and Market Streets.
Was there a prison at that site at any time?

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