Title: Wisconsin State Reformatory: Blueprints and Building Specifications of Green Bay Reformatory
Inclusive Dates: circa 1897

Creator:

• Wisconsin State Reformatory

Call Number: Series 334

Quantity: 2.2 cubic feet (1 archives box and 1 roll of blueprints)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Twenty-two blueprints for the reformatory, officers' building, punishment cells, refrigerating plant, and grounds drafted by architects John Charles and Alfred C. Clas. Includes floor plans, elevations, detail sheets, framing plans and heating plans, as well as building specifications for the reformatory, superintendent's residence, refrigerating plant, heating and ventilating plant, and electric lighting plant.

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Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser00334

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The Wisconsin State Reformatory at Green Bay was created under Chapter 346, Laws of 1897, and first occupied in the summer of 1898. It came under successive supervision of the State Board of Control, 1898-1938; the Division of Corrections in the State Department of Welfare, 1939-1967; and the Department of Health and Social Services, 1968-1989. In July 1979, the State Reformatory became the Green Bay Correctional Institution.

Inmates of the institution were males between the ages of sixteen and thirty who were first offenders and were convicted of a felony other than first or second degree murder. The institution's programs emphasized rehabilitation rather than punishment. Inmates attended classes in academics, carpentry, cabinetmaking, plumbing, tailoring, blacksmithing, granite cutting, painting, auto repair, and farming. Inmates were also employed in prison industries to produce brooms, overalls, and construction materials. New inmates were placed in the “second grade.” Inmates who maintained a good record were promoted to the “first grade” after six months and were eligible for parole after ninety days at that grade.

Processing Information

Processed by Lee C. Grady, February 1, 1997.

Access Restrictions

This series contains information which is confidential. Researchers wishing to use these records should contact the reference archivist.

Series 334	Officers' building blueprints (unnumbered)
Roll   1	Basement plan
Roll   1	First floor plan
Roll   1	Second floor plan
Roll   1	South elevation
Roll   1	North elevation
	Reformatory and grounds blueprints
Roll   1	1: Foundation plan
Roll   1	2: Ground floor plan
Roll   1	3: First floor plan
Roll   1	4: Second floor plan
Roll   1	5: Roof plan
Roll   1	6: Front elevation
Roll   1	7: Side elevation of central wing (front); side elevation of cell wing
Roll   1	8: Section through rotunda
Roll   1	9: Detail sheet
Roll   1	10: Framing plan of first floor; framing plan of second floor
Roll   1	11: Framing plan of ceiling of second story; framing plan of roof
Roll   1	12: Miscellaneous details
Roll   1	13: Full detail of punishment
Roll   1	14: Ground floor heating plan
Roll   1	15: First floor heating plan
Roll   1	16: Second floor heating plan
Roll   1	17: Three ton refrigerating plant
Box   1	Specifications