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Monroe County Penitentiary, Brighton, New York, USA



 


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South Avenue & Highland Avenue, Brighton

Location : Latitude: 43.127100, Longitude: -77.610200


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1860 US Census
1860 US Census
Monroe County Penitentiary
Brighton, Monroe County, New York


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Monroe County Penitentiary, Brighton, New York
Monroe County Penitentiary, Brighton, New York
Built in 1854, the purpose of the Monroe County Workhouse was to ease the crowding in the county Jail, by placing misdemeanants within it's 96 cells; the name was changed to Monroe County Penitentiary in 1858. The building was demolished in 1971.

South Avenue & Highland Avenue, Brighton

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