Books eyed came from Essex
jail
first
put up
in
1868
but rebuilt as virtually a new jail circa 1915.
Situated in the county seat, Elizabethtown aka E-town, it was known as one of the smallest county jails in NYS – only a few dozen cells.
The books came from the Elizabethtown lock-up first erected in 1868 but rebuilt as virtually a new jail circa 1915. The three-story brick structure was one of the smallest county jails in NYS – only a few dozen cells.