Norfolk County Jail (1795)
The Norfolk County Jail was a wooden jail located on Highland Street in Dedham, Massachusetts.[1] Following the creation of Norfolk County in 1792, Timothy Gay deeded land to the county for the creation of the jail in October 1794.[2] Construction began that year but it was not complete until 1795.[2][3] The donated land, next to Gay's tavern on Highland Street, was on the corner of Court Street next to the present day St. Paul's Church.[2][4]
It received its first prisoner in February 1795.[1] It housed Jason Fairbanks after his murder conviction, but he escaped.[5] Timothy Gay, Jr. was the jail keeper and was indicted, but acquitted.[5]
It was replaced by a new Norfolk County Jail in 1817.[6][7]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Parr 2009.
- ^ a b c Hanson 1976, p. 166.
- ^ Hurd 1884, p. 6.
- ^ "Dedham Museum & Archive Speaker Series". The Dedham Times. Vol. 32, no. 15. April 12, 2024. p. 15.
- ^ a b Hanson 1976, p. 188.
- ^ Dedham Historical Society 2001, p. 11.
- ^ The Associated Press (September 13, 1999). "Former Dedham jail being converted into upscale condominiums". South Coast Today. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
Works cited
[edit]- Dedham Historical Society (2001). Dedham. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-0944-0. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
- Hanson, Robert Brand (1976). Dedham, Massachusetts, 1635-1890. Dedham Historical Society.
- Hurd, Duane Hamilton (1884). History of Norfolk County, Massachusetts: With Biographical Sketches of Many of Its Pioneers and Prominent Men. J. W. Lewis & Company. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
- Parr, James L. (1 October 2009). Dedham: Historic and Heroic Tales from Shiretown. Arcadia Publishing Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-62584-277-0. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
