A Photo Tour Through The Old Historic Peterborough County Jail
/UPDATE (May 11th): Our Scott Arnold was back on site as he documents demo for us and reports that this is pretty much all that remains of the old jail as demolition of the 151 year old structure continues...
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UPDATE (May 1st): Our Scott Arnold visited the site again on Sunday (May 1st) as the demo continues. Here are his pictures...
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ORIGINAL POST
The old jail at Peterborough County Courthouse is being demolished to be converted into a park, and PTBOCanada contributor Scott Arnold has visited the site on several occasions.
Scott has posted photos of the jail—which dates back to the 1840s—during the demolition process to his Instagram page, including these below...
"Break the Walls Down #iphonephotography #jail #demolition #destruction #prison #scenic #sky #sunset #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #seetheworld #discover..."
"Jail Break #iphonephotography #jail #court #house #historic #historicsite #scenic #sunset #sunrise_sunsets_aroundworld #art #artistic #explore..."
"A random door sits halfway up the brick wall leading into the historical, now closed, Peterborough County Jail; built in 1842 #iphonephotography #jail..."
More recently, Scott got an even better look at the demo site when he noticed that a door between the old jail and the courthouse had been left swung open.
"On the other side of the door was a narrow dark corridor," Scott says. "It was complete silence. I kept walking and was spooked when three pigeons started flying out from above. They scared the crap out of me. I kept going and there was an open air lounge area with a big set of black metal stairs with bright yellow stripes that I climbed."
At the top of the stairs, Scott got a much better look at the demo happening. "I was excited to get this view, I love capturing history and exploring historical buildings," he says. "I had never been in that jail, only heard the many stories, so it was pretty surreal—even with it being almost demolished."
Here are more photos below Scott captured from atop those stairs...
The Quaker tower sits in the background
