York's imposing red-brick-and-stone courthouse has hosted plenty of nefarious characters since it started presiding over the town's moral standards in 1852. The cells here remained in use until 1981. These days you can wander through the courtroom and lock-up, plus the old stables and shingle-roofed troopers' cottage out the back.
York Courthouse Complex
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