818 Jefferson Ave., Moundsville, West Virginia. County/parish: Marshall.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 19, 1996. NRIS 96000987.
4 contributing buildings.
The West Virginia Penitentiary, located in Moundsville, West Virginia is now a withdrawn and retired gothic-style prison that operated from 1866 to 1995. The site is now being maintained as a tourist attraction, museum, training facility, and filming location.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86535594