Leverett Street Jail

The Leverett Street Jail (1822–1851) in Boston, Massachusetts served as the city and county prison for some three decades in the mid-19th century. Inmates included John White Webster.[1] Notorious for its overcrowding, the facility closed in 1851, when inmates were installed in the nearby, newly built Charles Street Jail, also in the West End.[2]

  1. ^ Samuel Adams Drake (1876). Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston. Roberts brothers.
  2. ^ City of Boston Archives and Records Management Division. "Guide to the Charles Street Jail records". Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2010.