The Old Jail at York Small 279×320 Medium 558×640 Large 892×1024 Download Tiff Original 2091×2400 | (2.2 MB) Description The gaol was a colonial prison building for York County, Maine and served as a jail from 1719 to 1879. Keywords Gaol, jail, Maine, prison, York Galleries Maine Source: Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 6) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)
