Ohio State Reformatory

The Ohio State Reformatory, also known as the Mansfield Reformatory, is a historic prison located in Mansfield, Ohio in the United States. It was built between 1886 and 1910 and remained in operation until 1990, when a United States Federal Court ruling ordered the facility to be closed.

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Type: Historic site
Description: historic prison located in Mansfield, Ohio
Also known as: “Intermediate Penitentiary”, “Mansfield Reformatory”, and “מתקן הכליאה של מדינת אוהיו”
Address: Olivesburg Road, Mansfield, OH 44902

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Mansfield Correctional Institution and Renaissance Theatre.

Mansfield Correctional Institution

Prison

Mansfield Correctional Institution

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Mansfield Correctional Institution is an Ohio… Mansfield Correctional Institution is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Ohio State Reformatory.

Renaissance Theatre

Theater building

Renaissance Theatre

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The Renaissance Theatre, previously known as the Ohio… Renaissance Theatre is situated 2 miles southwest of Ohio State Reformatory.

St. Peter’s Church

Church

St. Peter’s Church

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St. Peter's Church is a historic Catholic church at 60 S. St. Peter’s Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Ohio State Reformatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mansfield and Ontario.

Mansfield

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Mansfield is a city in Richland County.

Ontario

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Ontario is a city in Northeast Ohio in Richland County, Ohio, USA.

Ohio State Reformatory

Categories: museum, state prison, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Richland, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.78376° or 40° 47′ 2″ north

Longitude

-82.50274° or 82° 30′ 10″ west

Elevation

1,220 feet (372 metres)

Open location code

86GVQFMW+GW

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

GeoNames ID

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Ohio State Reformatory” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Reformatori de l’estat d’Ohio”
Chinese: “俄亥俄州立感化院”
French: “Maison de correction d’État de l’Ohio”
French: “Ohio State Reformatory”
German: “Ohio State Reformatory”
Hebrew: “מתקן מנספילד”
Japanese: “オハイオ州立少年院”
Japanese: “オハイオ州立矯正施設”
Portuguese: “Reformatório Estadual de Ohio”
Russian: “Мэнсфилдская тюрьма”
Ukrainian: “Менсфілдська в’язниця”

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