The historic (and now closed for business) Licking County jail occupies an important location in downtown Newark, as well as an important place in our local history. At the present time, many of those interested in preserving and protecting history are trying to figure out how to save, fix, and adaptively re-use, the old jail. If you drive by it today, your first thought might be, "What a dreary and foreboding place." The passage of time has obscured the beautiful original rose hue of the sandstone. It is amazing what a little cleaning might do:
An amazing number of good things are going on right now in downtown Newark. The restoration of the historic Licking County jail would be a wondrous addition to the list.
I suspect the artist took some liberties with coloration (much too much red), but here is a 1909 post-card painting of the jail (if you squint real hard you can see, in the lower left hand corner, a boy fishing in the old (and long ago filled in) canal.
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