HISTORIC JAIL OPEN HOUSES A MAJOR SUCCESS

The on-going effort to save and preserve the Historic Licking County Jail on South Third Street in downtown Newark received a shot in the arm this summer. After two years of clean-up work in the Historic Jail, volunteers hosted ‘open house’ events in July and August. A total of over one-thousand area residents took the tours, and offered their support to the planned restoration effort. The Historic County Jail dates to the 1880’s and served as the County Jail for nearly a century.