Williamsburg, Virginia
Williamsburg’s jail, or gaol, set the standard for colonial prison architecture. Visit the building this year as we celebrate the 75th anniversary of its reconstruction. Architectural historian Carl Lounsbury describes the structure.
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Stories of famous captures are rivaled only by stories of famous escapes at Williamsburg’s Public Gaol. Tom Hay shares his favorites.
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Gaynelle McNichols talks about her fascination with the misfits who spent time in Williamsburg&s gaol in Revolutionary times.
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Tom Hay talks about crime and punishment in 18th-century Williamsburg.
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