2 entries match your criteria.
Related Historical Markers
By Cosmos Mariner, May 28, 2022
York's Second Jail Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► Ontario, Toronto, Downtown Yonge East — York's Second Jail — On This Site —  |
| ”Be of good courage boys. I am not ashamed of anything I’ve done, I trust in God, and I’m going to die like a man.” —Samuel Lount. On April 24, 1824 the cornerstone of York’s second jail was laid on this site. In the aftermath of the . . . — — Map (db m217533) HM | |||
| 2 ► Ontario, Toronto, Downtown Yonge East — York's First Jail — On This Site — |
| In 1798 the Town of York (now Toronto) erected its first jail and hanging yard on this site. Also known as 'the old log gaol', it was still standing when York opened a newer jail in 1827 (demolished 1960) on the NE corner of King and Toronto . . . — — Map (db m215791) HM | |||