Old Sheriff's House - New Castle, Delaware
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BruceS
N 39° 39.587 W 075° 33.798
18S E 451678 N 4390149
Historic former sheriff's house and jail in New Castle, Delaware.
Waymark Code: WMN0RH
Location: Delaware, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2014
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The OLD SHERIFF'S HOUSE adjoining the Courthouse on Market St. on the site of an earlier jail and debtor's prison, was built in 1858 of red sandstone in the Victorian manner.
At the rear is the jail wing outside which stood the gallows and whipping post, removed in 1901, as if to wipe from memory the gruesome scenes enacted there. The building, except that part of it within the north entrance, which is still the town lock-up, is rented by a private club. - Delaware - A Guide to the First State, New Castle section, 1938, pg. 240
The Old Sheriff's House is currently vacant but is slated to become the Headquarters and Visitor Center for the newly formed First State National Monument under the National Park Service.