Stillwater prison gate key

Titles: Stillwater prison gate key (Supplied title)

Description: This key was used in the original territorial prison established in Stillwater, Minnesota in 1853. The nine-acre walled facility included 582 cells, a chapel, dining hall, kitchen, and administrative offices. A hospital building was added in 1889. In 1914 a new, far larger prison was built two miles south of the old prison. The key has the number "5" stamped into its head and it opened a prison guard's gate, possibly Gate 5.

Dates

• Not earlier than 1853 - Not later than 1914 (Use)

Creation

• used at: Minnesota State Prison (Stillwater, Minn.)
• used at: Minnesota, Territorial Prison

Identifiers

• Accession Number: 6534.2

Holding Type: 3D Objects

Quantity: 1 item

Format

• Content Category: artifacts

Measurements

• 11 centimeters length
• 4 centimeters width (head)
• 5.2 centimeters width (handle)

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