Crawfordsville, Indiana -
Rotary Jail Museum
The first rotary jail built in the U.S., a practical-if-crazy innovation in which there was only one door, and the cells spun around to let inmates in and out. It's an attraction now; no more prisoners.
- Address:
- 225 N. Washington St., Crawfordsville, IN
- Directions:
- Old Jail Museum. From Indianapolis, I-74 west to the second Crawfordsville exit. Head south from the exit on US Hwy 231 for several miles (less than 15) until you reach the museum on your right. An old, red brick house-like building; doesn't look rotary from the outside.
- Admission:
- $3 per adult and $1 per child.
- Hours:
- W-Sa 10 am - 5 pm, Su 1-5 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 765-362-5222
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The mechanism was immobilized in the late 1930s and was restored to working condition when it became a museum in 1975. [Tamara Hemmerlein, 08/08/2010]
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