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
Address: Olivesburg Road, Mansfield, OH 44902

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mansfield Correctional Institution and Renaissance Theatre.

Mansfield Correctional Institution

Prison

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Mansfield Correctional Institution is an Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction mixed-security state prison for men, located at 1150 North Main Street in Mansfield, Ohio, adjacent to the property of the historic Ohio State Reformatory. Mansfield Correctional Institution is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Ohio State Reformatory.

Renaissance Theatre

Theater building

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The Renaissance Theatre, previously known as the Ohio Theatre, is a restored movie palace-type theater located at 138 Park Ave. W in Mansfield, Ohio. The 1,402-seat theater opened on January 18, 1928, as the Ohio Theatre and serves today as the largest performing arts center in North-Central Ohio. Renaissance Theatre is situated 2 miles southwest of Ohio State Reformatory.

St. Peter’s Church

Church

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St. Peter's Church is a historic Catholic church at 60 S. Mulberry Street in Mansfield, Ohio. 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. It is known as the Carousel Capital of Ohio, Danger City, and The Fun Center of Ohio, and also as the filming location for Shawshank Redemption.

Ontario

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Ontario is a city in Northeast Ohio in Richland County, Ohio, USA. It is a major regional retail hub serving the entire North-Central Ohio area, with a shopping population of over 150,000.

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

way 510271333

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

GeoNames ID

5165400

Wikidata ID

Q2898265

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In Other Languages

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

Catalan: “Ohio State Reformatory”
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: “Intermediate Penitentiary”
German: “Mansfield Reformatory”
German: “Ohio State Reformatory”
Hebrew: “מתקן הכליאה של מדינת אוהיו”
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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