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When it was built in 1886, at a cost then of $1.3 million, the Ohio State Reformatory (also known as the Mansfield Reformatory) was the largest reformatory in America. It evolved into a state penitentiary over time, and housed over 150,000 individual residents, as many as 3,500 at a time, from death-row inmates to adolescent petty thieves, before closing in 1990. The state built a modern correctional facility next door, and began tearing down the reformatory, before being stopped by local preservationists. Efforts are underway to restore the building, and it is used occasionally as a film location and for ghost hunts. Portraits of Lenin and Stalin loom over the central guard room, left from the filming of a Harrison Ford feature film, Air Force One. Set dressings from the film Shawshank Redemption are also visible inside.
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With the discovery that The Mansfield Reformatory was built with three architectural styles in mind; Victorian Gothic, Richardsonian Romanesque, and Queen Anne, I knew why I was so enamored with it! I absolutely love all three of those styles, but with th
A look at the life of author Louis Bromfield, and how his novels and movies reflect the world he knew as a youngster in Mansfield, Ohio.
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Malabar Farm, the honeymoon room in the Big House, where Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall honeymooned after their wedding in the "Great Hal...
Christmas is one of our most favourite times of the year, is there a more romantic time to get married? Vicky and Chris clearly loved the...
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My paper doll of the buxom & blonde 1950's movie star...
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Jonny Lee Miller and Frances O'Connor in Mansfield Park (1999)
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