Location: 2124 Fairmount Ave., Philadelphia
Built between 1821 and 1829, after many early Philadelphia citizens called for prison reform, the Eastern State Penitentiary was designed to hold 250 prisoners in solitary confinement. The original prison consisted of 7 cell blocks; three 1-story blocks and four 2-story blocks and was the start of a new style of correctional system in the United States and world-wide. It wasn‘t long after it was built, however, that Eastern State became known fo...
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