Scary old jail launches new career as spook house
The 100-year-old Mansfield, OH, Reformatory - which closed in 1990 - is reopening for Halloween tours each Thursday, Friday and Saturday in October. People who visit the prison will find themselves "sentenced" by a ghoulish judge who will order them to the Reformatory's freestanding, six-story cellblock (the only one in the world). Mansfield Reformatory was used as the set for the film The Shawshank Redemption and is only a couple of blocks from the Living Bible Museum - another very scary place.
A group that's working to restore the old prison has announced that proceeds from the tour will benefit their efforts to convert the jail into a museum and office complex.
[10/25/1998]Historic Ohio State Reformatory
- Address:
- 100 Reformatory Rd, Mansfield, OH
- Directions:
- Historic Ohio State Reformatory. North of town. I-71 exit 176 onto US 30 west. After about three miles, exit north onto Hwy 545/Olivesburg Rd. The Reformatory is just over the hill on the left hand side, on a side street named Reformatory Rd.
- Hours:
- Gates open April-Sep. Th-Su 11-4 (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 419-522-2644
- Admission:
- Adults $15.
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
