Walnut Street Prison

Philadelphia County · dedicated 2008 · SE corner, S 6th St. near Walnut St., Philadelphia

One of the nation's first urban penal institutions, it confined felons, prisoners of war, Tories, and debtors from 1775 to 1838. Extending from Walnut St. to Locust St., it was the site of numerous riots. The prison was replaced by Eastern State Penitentiary.

under a mile from where William Maulsby lived in the 1760s

what this marker records spans 1775 to 1838, overlapping William Maulsby's years here

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