Facility plans, [ca. 1874].

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Facility plans, [ca. 1874].

St 1874, c 385, an act to establish a reformatory prison for women in Massachusetts, authorized the Commissioners of Prisons to plan for the erection of a building for 500 prisoners. A site of thirty acres in Sherborn was approved by the governor for the facility, which was begun in 1875 and completed in 1877. Series consist of facility plans by architect George Ropes.

82 technical drawings (7 folders)

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