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Behind the walls of West Virginia's massive Gothic prison, now a tourist attraction

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Behind stone walls 24 feet high, as many as 2,000 people at a time were once confined in a massive Gothic prison that spanned three city blocks in the heart of this Ohio River community. For 129 years, the West Virginia Penitentiary operated in Moundsville, growing from an institution created shortly after ...
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West Virginia Explorer broke the news on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
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