Mansfield, Ohio - Ohio State Reformatory
- Address:
- Mansfield, OH
- Directions:
- 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:
- T-F in the summer; Sundays 1-4 as well in spring and fall. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 419-522-2644
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- Tower Tour - Explore the East Cell Block, then wind your way to the top of a guard tower. Visit the Catholic Chapel high up in the Central Block.
- Dungeon Tour - Venture into the dark and dingy "Hole" in the detention wing. Wander through strange and narrow basement corridors. Check out the mysterious "Hot Box." Hear the story of the seven-foot Jesus.
- Hollywood Tour - See the Shawshank Warden's Office and Andy Dufresne's escape tunnels. Hazard a trip into the sinister "Hole". View the 1886 West Cell Block used as a Russian prison in Air Force One.
Mansfield, Ohio - Prisons Just Keep On Giving To America's Towns
Mansfield, OH, has launched a $1.5 million community fund-raising drive to turn its prison into a tourist attraction. The 100-year-old Mansfield Reformatory was closed in 1990 and houses the world's largest free-standing steel cellblock.... [07/07/2001] Complete News Story
Mansfield, OH, has launched a $1.5 million community fund-raising drive to turn its prison into a tourist attraction. The 100-year-old Mansfield Reformatory was closed in 1990 and houses the world's largest free-standing steel cellblock.... [07/07/2001] Complete News Story
Mansfield, Ohio - Ohio State Reformatory - more info The 1976 movie "Harry & Walter go to New York", starring James Caan, was
the first movie filmed at the reformatory. Last year, the band Godsmack filmed a music video for the song "Awake" at
the reformatory. [Brett Barnett, 01/07/2001]
Mansfield, Ohio - Ohio State Reformatory Tours Closed by the state in 1990, it was slated to be torn down. A group of
concerned, history-minded citizens took it upon themselves to save the gothic castle-like building.
Movies like Shawshank Redemption, Tango and Cash, Air Force One, have been filmed there. There are a
few Hollywood props still on the grounds.
Guided tours run from May to October, Sundays from 1pm til 4pm.
All proceeds from admission price go directly to the restoration of the building... [Ken, 09/20/2000][RA: It's only a few blocks from the fabulous Living Bible Museum.]
Mansfield, Ohio - 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).... [10/25/1998] Complete News Story
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).... [10/25/1998] Complete News Story
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Biblewalk and Living Bible Museum, Mansfield, OH - < 1 mi.
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