Saturday, June 17, 2023

Cruising around the block at Waupun Correctional Institution, Wisconsin

 
Screenshot and video by Retiring Guy


Waupun Correctional Institute brief timeline:
1851.  Governor Nelson Dewey selects Waupun as site of Wisconsin State Prison.  Temporary structure opens that same year.
1854.  First permanent building completed.  Still used today as South Cell Hall.
1855.  First of 5 additions.  The other took place in 1906, 1913, 1940, and 1998.
1992.  Added to National Register of Historical Places.  



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