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Description
Architect Gridley J.F. Bryant prepared this architectural design for the Maine State Prison in Thomaston on March 27, 1858, under the direction of Commissioner James G. Blaine and Governor Lot M. Morrill. This redesign was commissioned following a fire that destroyed several buildings and accommodated a growing prison population. The project was authorized under the “Resolve Providing for an Investigation into the Affairs of the State Prison."
About This Item
- Title: Design for the Maine State Prison, Thomaston, 1858
- Creator: L.H. Bradford Co., Boston
- Creation Date: 1858
- Subject Date: 1858
- Location: Thomaston, Knox County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: AAS; Lithograph Catalog Rcord #152045
- Object Type: Text
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- Architecture--Designs and plans
- Blaine, James Gillespie, 1830-1893
- Imprisonment--Maine--Thomaston
- Maine State Prison--History
- Morrill, Lot M. (Lot Myrick), 1812-1883
- Prisons--Maine--Thomaston
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