Crown Point, Indiana -
Dillinger Jail
One of several in which Public Enemy No. 1 was locked up. No longer a restaurant, but they conduct scheduled ghost tours.
- Address:
- 1 Courthouse Square, Crown Point, IN
- Directions:
- In the Old Lake County Courthouse, which is smack in the middle of the downtown square, at Joliet St. and Court St.
- Phone:
- 219-662-3975
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Under all that, and a bit off to the side was a restaurant literally made from the old jail. You could sit in an old cell to eat. Dillinger's cell was favored. They also had a mini museum where you could see [a block of wood] carved into a gun that Dillinger used to escape the Crown Point jail. [Kathy Deutsch, 03/24/2002]
[RA: July 2010 - The old jail is now available for ghost tours. March 2006 - Mark reports that the restaurant inside the old jail has closed. "Also, Red Grange, football player, two of the Mills Brothers singers, Muhammed Ali, Tom Mix, and the parents of Michael Jackson were married at the Court House."]Nearby Offbeat Places
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