King Street Gaol (1827)
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The second King Street Gaol was built in 1827 to replace the first King Street Gaol in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At that time the city, then known as York, needed a larger, better constructed jail to replace the original which was little more that a plain wooden building with a stockade.
A new two-storey brick building was built farther west on King Street with a wooden stockade enclosing its gallows.
After the jail closed, the building was used as an insane asylum. It was eventually demolished in 1957.
[edit] Hangings
In 1838, rebel leaders Samuel Lount and Peter Matthews were hanged for their participation in the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837.
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[edit] References
- Behind Bars: Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols / Ron Brown, (Natural Heritage / Natural History Inc. 2006), ISBN 1-897045-17-4
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