County Prison, Russell Street, Plymouth, Mass.

Search Collections

Collection Type

  • Photography

Location Note

Geographic: Massachusetts: Plymouth: Modern + Ancient: (Burbank Series - partial) - Mounted

GUSN

GUSN-250734

You can find this within

Browse Collection

Description

Exterior view of the County Prison on Russell Street. The House of Correction was built, in the year 1853, from the plan furnished by, and under the supervision of, Jonathan Preston, Esq., of Boston, architect. (http://www.plymouthredevelopment.org/1820/history/history3.html)

Details

Descriptive Terms

prisons (buildings)
exterior views
photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Physical Descrption

1 photographic print: black-and-white

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2360.0090.001

Places

Plymouth (Plymouth County, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Burbank, A. S. (Alfred Stevens) (Publisher)

Material Type

photographs
black-and-white prints (photographs)

Subjects

Architectural photography

Description Level

Item

Location Note

Geographic: Massachusetts: Plymouth: Modern + Ancient: (Burbank Series - partial) - Mounted

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact info@historicnewengland.org.

Loading Loading...