Oxford County Jail
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- The jail was built in 1854. Prisoners in the jail would grow their own food to cut down on meal prices, they wore clothing made by local merchants to boost the local economy, they had a library of donated books, and they were allowed religious services. In total there were 5 hangings at the jail, and in 1977 the jail was closed and prisoners were moved to the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre. In 1986, the Oxford County Board of Health moved into the building after renovations and now the building houses the Woodstock location of Southwestern Public Health.
- Date of Publication
- 1872
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1429ph
- Collection
- Oxford County Archives Photograph Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.13339 Longitude: -80.83301 -
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.1328018046365 Longitude: -80.7601928016663
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Oxford County Jail, Woodstock, Ontario. Oxford County Archives. [COA 1429ph]
- Reproduction Notes
- Please contact the Oxford County Archives for a higher resolution copy.
- Contact
- Oxford County ArchivesEmail:archives@oxfordcounty.ca
Agency street/mail address:82 Light St. Bo 1614
Woodstock, ON N4S 6H1
