Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The old Allegheny County Jail is on the 400 block of Ross Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,part of a complex (along with the Allegheny County Courthouse) designed by H. H. Richardson. Norcross Brothers built the jail between 1884 and 1886, and after Richardson died in 1886 the courthouse was finished that same year under the supervision of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.Additions were made 1903–1905 by Frederick J. Osterling.In 1892 anarchist Alexander Berkman was held here awaiting trial for the attempted murder of industrialist H. C. Frick. In 1902, condemned brothers Jack and Ed Biddle escaped with the aid of the warden's wife. (The 1984 film Mrs. Soffel, based on the incident, includes shots of the exterior.)The jail was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on December 26, 1972.A new jail opened in spring 1995, and the original jail now houses the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Family Division.. }
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- Allegheny_County_Jail abstract "The old Allegheny County Jail is on the 400 block of Ross Street in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,part of a complex (along with the Allegheny County Courthouse) designed by H. H. Richardson. Norcross Brothers built the jail between 1884 and 1886, and after Richardson died in 1886 the courthouse was finished that same year under the supervision of Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge.Additions were made 1903–1905 by Frederick J. Osterling.In 1892 anarchist Alexander Berkman was held here awaiting trial for the attempted murder of industrialist H. C. Frick. In 1902, condemned brothers Jack and Ed Biddle escaped with the aid of the warden's wife. (The 1984 film Mrs. Soffel, based on the incident, includes shots of the exterior.)The jail was added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on December 26, 1972.A new jail opened in spring 1995, and the original jail now houses the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Family Division.".