The Ohio State Reformatory

The Ohio State Reformatory (HMDMG)

Location: Mansfield, OH 44905 Richland County
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Country: United States of America
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N 40° 46.996', W 82° 30.176'

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Designed by architect Levi T. Scofield, the Ohio State Reformatory opened its doors in 1896 as a facility to rehabilitate young male offenders through hard work and education. A self-sufficient institution with its own power plant and working farm, the reformatory produced goods in its workshops for other state institutions and provided opportunities for inmates to learn trades. As social attitudes towards crime hardened in the mid-twentieth century, it became a maximum-security facility. The six-tier East Cell Block is the largest known structure of its kind. Considered substandard by the 1970s, The Ohio State Reformatory closed in 1990. It has served since as a setting for several major motion pictures. This Mansfield landmark was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.
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HM NumberHMDMG
Series This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series
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Marker Number4-70
Year Placed2001
Placed ByThe Ohio Bicentennial Commission, The Longaberger Company, The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, and The Ohio Historical Society
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Date Added Monday, October 27th, 2014 at 8:35am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17T E 373185 N 4515784
Decimal Degrees40.78326667, -82.50293333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 40° 46.996', W 82° 30.176'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds40° 46' 59.76" N, 82° 30' 10.56" W
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Area Code(s)419
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 105-151 Reformatory Rd, Mansfield OH 44905, US
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