Huron County Gaol

Huron County Gaol is a National Historic Site of Canada in Goderich, Ontario.

Ontario · 181 Victoria Street North, Goderich, Ontario · location approximate

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HURON COUNTY GAOL Erected between 1839 and 1841, this remarkably preserved building follows Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon design for prison construction, often found in mid-19th century Britain and America. It features an octagonal central block, intended to ensure constant supervision of prisoners' activities. Two radial wings and wedge-shaped exercise yards surrounded by thick masonry walls completed the original design by Thomas Young of Toronto. Construction of this prison with its third floor courtroom enabled Huron to qualify as a district separate from London, with Goderich as its seat.

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Oeuvre de l'architecte Thomas Young, de Toronto, cette prison fut construite entre 1839 et 1841 selon le système panoptique de Jeremy Bentham, souvent adopté en Grande-Bretagne et en Amérique au milieu du XIXe siècle. En plus du bloc octogonal du centre, permettant la surveillance constante des prisonniers, elle comprend deux ailes radiaires et des cours intérieures fermées de murs. Elle abrite aussi, au troisième étage, une salle d'audience, ce qui a valu à Huron de devenir un nouveau district judiciaire, détaché de London, dont Goderich fut le chef-lieu.

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Huron County Gaol

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