History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . the fall of 1819, on the north-east corner of the court-house yard; cost, $3056. Thepresent fire-proof wings on each side of the court-house werefinished in the fall of 1854; cost, $29, In thesummer of 1854 the dome light was placed on the court-house, over the court-room ; cost, THE JAIL. In 1803 John Holmes was appointed an agent to pro-cure a good title of a lot for a jail. Oct. 3, 1803, ThomasHutchinson and others of the parish of Hevitoe, in thecounty of Devon, En
History of York County, Maine With illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers . the fall of 1819, on the north-east corner of the court-house yard; cost, $3056. Thepresent fire-proof wings on each side of the court-house werefinished in the fall of 1854; cost, $29, In thesummer of 1854 the dome light was placed on the court-house, over the court-room ; cost, THE JAIL. In 1803 John Holmes was appointed an agent to pro-cure a good title of a lot for a jail. Oct. 3, 1803, ThomasHutchinson and others of the parish of Hevitoe, in thecounty of Devon, England, deeded, through their agent, tothe county of York, a tract of land containing two acres,in Alfred village, for a jail. In 1806 the log jail wascompleted ; cost, about 83000. In October, 1833, a committee of eight from differentparts of the county reported that a new stone jail wasneeded. Estimated cost, 86000. It was built in 1834,costing The lot for the new jail and house ofcorrection was purchased, and the foundation of the build-ing laid at a cost of 86000. The Legislature subsequently.
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