22 Winthrop Street

Lock Up

In a detail from this 1880 atlas of Barnstable County, the Lock Up can be seen near the top center of the frame. [Provincetown Public Library]


The Lock Up — the town jail — was built in 1845 and served as the principal holding facility for prisoners until the construction of the current Town Hall, which had detention cells in the basement.



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