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5 unusual facts about Ohio Penitentiary


Cyrus Spink

He was appointed by Governor Chase one of the directors of the Ohio Penitentiary in 1856.

Dan Tipton

He was convicted in October and sentenced to 20 months in the Ohio Federal Penitentiary.

Ohio Penitentiary

Conditions in the prison have been described as "primitive," and the facility was eventually replaced by the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum security facility in Lucasville.

Among the wardens of the penitentiary was Charles C. Walcutt, a former general in the Union Army during the Civil War.

The Burnham Square Condominiums, named after urban planner and architect Daniel Burnham, who designed Columbus's Union Station, and the Nationwide Arena now stand on the site of the former penitentiary.


Neil Zurcher

He covered some of his biggest regional stories during the 1960s included the Palm Sunday tornado of 1965, the Kent State Vietnam War protests, and the 1968 Ohio Pen Riot.


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