Norfolk County Jail (1795)
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The Norfolk County Jail was a wooden jail located on Highland Street in Dedham, Massachusetts.[1] Following the creation of Norfolk County in 1792, Timothy Gay deeded land to the county for the creation of the jail in October 1794.[2] Construction began that year but it was not complete until 1795.[2][3] The donated land, next to Gay's tavern on Highland Street, was on the corner of Court Street next to the present day St. Paul's Church.[2][4]
It received its first prisoner in February 1795.[1] It housed Jason Fairbanks after his murder conviction, but he escaped.[5] Timothy Gay, Jr. was the jail keeper and was indicted, but acquitted.[5]
It was replaced by a new Norfolk County Jail in 1817.[6][7]
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