Cincinnati Work House and Hospital
Ohio, United States
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A Romanesque Revival jail and hospital complex built between 1867 and 1869 in the Camp Washington neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Cincinnati Work House and Hospital occupied six acres with five-story masonry buildings stretching some 510 feet in length. Designed by the architectural firm Adams and Hannaford and constructed under the direction of Robert Allison, the facility cost approximately half a million dollars to complete. By 1904, the institution housed 606 cells and processed between 2,500 and 3,000 prisoners annually. The complex was famously used as a filming location for the 1989 motion picture *Lock Up* starring Sylvester Stallone. Prisoners were relocated in the late 1980s, and the building was demolished in 1990, after which the site became home to River City Correctional Center. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980; artifacts from the Work House, including a prison cell door and the original register, are now preserved at the Hamilton County Justice Center.
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- hospital, former hospital
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Ohio, United States
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