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The Big Gate

The Big Gate

This leads from the cell block to the main lobby.
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This one too - great shots!
Lynne
Fri 10-14-2005
I'm diggin' the blood red trim...heh
Barbara
Fri 10-14-2005
I have just emmitted a little bit of sex wee
Matt Lunn
Sat 10-15-2005
ewwww...
rich_edwards79
Mon 10-17-2005
I second that ewwww!
Tami
Wed 10-19-2005
~~wellcome into hell jail~~
red-mosquito
Tue 05-23-2006
Someone needs to grab a broom ... this place is a mess!
Smitty
Sat 11-11-2006
Seems like a "fancy" paint job for a jail.
Frank-pgh
Fri 04-20-2007
this place seems so cold..but id wear a jacket
steph
Mon 11-12-2007
Welcome to the furnace.
Guitorman
Thu 01-03-2008
This picture is taken standing on the landing in the main block looking out into the rotunda. The door on the far wall is the front cage that leads out to York St.
Thanks for the great pictures, a true piece of history is being destroyed.
Old Timer
Thu 01-31-2008
Thank you for all the information you've given!
Motts
Thu 01-31-2008
I remember driving by on Columbus
Avenue at night in the summer and honking the horn and hearing all the answering yells. I always wondered how you worked there for so long and still kept your sanity.
Old Timer's Sister
Sun 02-03-2008
Excellent shot,it is a jail made me creep and horror)))
Sergey from Russia
Tue 04-22-2008
I have lived In downtown Springfield and from that jail you could see the buildings on main st (tower Square And recently before the knock down
the newapaper said there was a gost from when the states last hanging took place in 1899 it was the guy who got hanged.
Nick
Sat 05-10-2008
this gate led from the west block(pc&high profile cases) to the visiting rotunda.
scott
Thu 09-17-2009
Main door into office ,visiting area and where the gallows would be located. The last hanging was commemerated with a silver dollar embedded in the floor where he was hung.
Horror_child
Thu 10-29-2009
Looks somewhat medieval.
Ŗivẹt
Sun 11-07-2010

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