Peoria city and county, Illinois; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . JAIL AXI) COURTHOUSE IX 1S4:,. IEORIAS FIRST COURTHOUSE. BUILT IX 1S36 HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY 111 door. Through this trap door prisoners were passed and then the ladder drawnup. The floor of the lower part was made of timbers fitted close together andthe whole covered with oaken planks spiked down. Xo mention is made ofany windows in the lower story and when the building was first constructedthere probably were none, for at the March term, 1839, Henry Hahn was orderedto put one in. This was the
Peoria city and county, Illinois; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . JAIL AXI) COURTHOUSE IX 1S4:,. IEORIAS FIRST COURTHOUSE. BUILT IX 1S36 HISTORY OF PEORIA COUNTY 111 door. Through this trap door prisoners were passed and then the ladder drawnup. The floor of the lower part was made of timbers fitted close together andthe whole covered with oaken planks spiked down. Xo mention is made ofany windows in the lower story and when the building was first constructedthere probably were none, for at the March term, 1839, Henry Hahn was orderedto put one in. This was the only jail building in the county until 1849, when anew one was erected. When it was replaced the lot was sold to Halsey O. Merri-man, June 9, 1847, for $150. Soon after the erection of the jail a log cabinwas built on the same lot for the use of the janitor. Daniel pjristol was thecontractor and was paid $ at the June term for his work. THE SECOND J.\IL The second jail was erected in 1849 on the corner of Washington and NorthFayette (now Eaton) streets. On June 7, 1844. the commissioners court hadordered notices to be
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