LOCATION FILE
Charles Street Jail (Liberty Hotel)
FOLLOWBoston, MA
DIRECTIONS →OVERVIEW
A landmark of the "Boston Granite School," built in 1851 as the Suffolk County Jail around a soaring octagonal rotunda; it held figures from Malcolm X to Mayor James Michael Curley, closed in 1990 after courts found its conditions unconstitutional, and reopened in 2007 as the Liberty Hotel.
REPORTED ACTIVITY
Guests and staff report a figure taken to be a former inmate, footsteps, and voices in the old cellblock areas retained within the hotel.
VISITING
An operating hotel open to the public.
SITE PLAN
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EXTERNAL RESOURCES
Curated references and articles coming soon.
INVESTIGATION RECORD
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HISTORICAL RECORD · 0 CITED ENTRIES
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COMMUNITY EVIDENCE
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GROUP FINDINGS