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.