Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ilding was announced forJuly 4. 1820. but we can find no record of thename of the contractor or the cost of the struct-ure, though it was paid for and used by thecounty for several years. The next record of a public building is foundin the proceedings of the Commissioners Courtof September ::, 1827, when lot 1 on block 13 ofthe town of Rushville was reserved for a jailand stray-pen. It was specified that the jailbuilding should be 15x15 feet and the stray-pen40x10 feet, and the contracts for building thetwo structures were to be let to the lowest biddermi
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ilding was announced forJuly 4. 1820. but we can find no record of thename of the contractor or the cost of the struct-ure, though it was paid for and used by thecounty for several years. The next record of a public building is foundin the proceedings of the Commissioners Courtof September ::, 1827, when lot 1 on block 13 ofthe town of Rushville was reserved for a jailand stray-pen. It was specified that the jailbuilding should be 15x15 feet and the stray-pen40x10 feet, and the contracts for building thetwo structures were to be let to the lowest biddermi September 27, 1827. Isaac lander was thebuilder of this first jail and, on March 20, 1828,he presented his bill for $150. Objections wereapparently tiled to its payment for we note thatWilliam McKee and Jesse Bartlett were ap-pointed a committee to arbitrate the claim, andfailing to^reach a derision. Mr. Linder broughtsuit against the county. The stray-pen was builtby Elisba Kellogg, and his bill for $ wasallowed without COfRT HOUSE HISTORY OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 667 While the general specifications of the jailsimply called for a building fifteen feet square,it later appears that it was a story and a halfbuilding, and that the prisoners were let downinto their dungeon through a trap-door in theceiling. This door was the all important partof the jail building, and was let under separatecontract acording to the following specifications: The inner door of the jail shall be made ofplank one and one-quarter inches thick, to beof two thicknesses, laid across each other andspiked together with broad-headed spikes, drivenwithin three inches of each other, said spikesto be driven through and clinched, the underthickness of said door to be cut so as to fit holein floor, the upper thinckness to jut over oneinch all around, said door to be hung on twoiron hinges, the strap part of said hinges to beone-half inch thick and two inches wide, and toextend across the door, the staples
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