Building 20, Grant Hall

Built on this site in 1829, the Federal Penitentiary was designed by Charles Bulfinch, the Architect of the Capitol, and reflected the prison reform movement of the 1820s. An eastern extension added in 1831 included a women's ward and quarters for the deputy warden, and the Deputy Warden's Quarters is the only surviving part of the original structures. In 1865, this part of the building became the site of the trial and sentencing of those implicated in the assassination of President Lincoln. Four conspirators, including Mary Surratt, the first woman executed by Federal order, were sentenced to die, and the executions took place in the Penitentiary Courtyard on July 7, 1865.

Arlington, Virginia · United States