Jefferson Market Prison

Former prison in New York City

40°44′04″N 73°59′59″W / 40.7345°N 73.9996°W / 40.7345; -73.9996 (Jefferson Market Garden)

The Jefferson Market Prison was a prison in New York City at 10 Greenwich Avenue that opened in 1877, together with the adjacent Third Judicial District Courthouse. Frederick Clarke Withers designed these twin buildings in an ornate American Gothic style.^[1] The landmark courthouse survived Jefferson Market's 1927 demolition and today serves as a New York Public Library branch.

Originally a jailhouse was built at this site alongside a police court and volunteer firehouse in the 1833 Jefferson food market, named for the former president. The jail was torn down in 1873.^[2]

A third building—the only Art Deco jail ever built—operated here from 1931 to 1971 as New York Women's House of Detention.^[3]

The site is now a small park known as Jefferson Market Garden.

References

^ "The New Jefferson Market Prison". The New York Times. April 4, 1878.
^ "The Demolition of the Jefferson Market Police Court". The New York Times. January 25, 1875.
^ Neumaier, Joe (April 23, 2005). "Duchovny: Film is both personal and universal". The Seattle Times. Retrieved December 6, 2013.

External links

Jefferson Market Garden
"Before They Were Parks" article with photos of Jefferson Market Prison and Women's House of Detention
NYC Parks history of Jefferson Market Garden

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