The prison, which was built in 1910 and opened in 1916, stopped housing prisoners in 2001.
Now, Liberty Crest Apartments, a project constructed by Elm Street Development in partnership with Fairfax County and the Alexander Company, has adapted the prison into a mix-use development.
“We’re very excited to be creating a new, vibrant, mix-use community and adaptably reusing these prison buildings, these historic structures in new ways. It’s for office, retail, restaurants, apartments and townhomes,” explained Jack Perkins with Elm Street Development. “It takes a really creative team to have the vision to take a piece of property like this and turn it into something new and exciting, some of the historic fabric, some of the cells would be retained for historical purposes and interpreted use, but most of it would be converted.”
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Way too many ghosts on that land! Boo!
ReplyDeleteOne day ECI will make it to the big time
ReplyDeleteThe place has history. I would be afraid that it is haunted!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea though.
ReplyDeleteThis would have been better converted to public housing.
The new section 8" housing for the released and pardon criminals.
ReplyDeleteI'd consider it.
ReplyDeleteAny extra charge for the ghosts that will haunt them?
ReplyDeleteWill blood start seeping from the floors and ceilings after a few months of residency???
I think it's an excellent idea. This is what Dorchester County should have done with their historic jail instead of tearing it down. Stupid idiots!
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