The Fountain/The Alliston Jail

The Fountain/The Alliston Jail. . , The Fountain , In July 1919, the Alliston Town Council decided "to be in line with all progressive places and to be merely humane to the equine and accommodating to its driver this Town must have a drinking fountain or two" The fountain was installed in October 1919 on the northwest corner of Mill and Victoria Streets. In 1942 the fountain was moved to Riverdale Park. When it was later replaced by a more modern fountain, the former Town fountain was relocated to the museum. , The Alliston Jail , When the Alliston Town Hall was erected in 1893, four jail cells were installed on the dirt floor in the basement. The jail accommodations were later condemned in part because the basement offered no lighting, ventilation or sanitation facilities and was accessed through a trap door. A small wooden lock-up was erected directly north of the Town Hall. After the building was consumed by flames in October 1914, a new brick and cement block jail holding two cells and a wood-burning stove was erected on site. The prefab metal mesh jail cells complete with a floor and a door were considered: escape-proof and fire-proof. By the 1960s the jail was rarely occupied and in 1962 Council ordered the demolition of the building. One of the cells was donated to the Museum on the Boyne where it remains on display on the museum grounds.