The old Wayne County Jail

Ohio · USA · Hotel

The fine dining room in the basement was the cell block. The man reported here was the first and only person hanged in this county.

The restaurant at Wooster, Ohio is in the former Wayne County Jail, and its fine dining room in the basement was the cell block itself.

Diners eat where the cells were.

The man associated with the building was the first and only person ever hanged in Wayne County, and he was held in a cell on the upper floor before it was carried out.

County jails of the nineteenth century performed executions locally, in the yard or in the building, witnessed by officials and often by a crowd outside. A county that carried out exactly one has a particular relationship with it, and the record of who he was and what he was convicted of will be in the county archive.

An only execution is a strange sort of landmark. It fixed itself in local memory in a way that a dozen would not have.

The restaurant is open.

FAQ

Hvor ligger The old Wayne County Jail?

The old Wayne County Jail ligger i Ohio, USA.