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SKOWHEGAN, Maine - If you're in the market for a roomy brick-and-stone Victorian, complete with a security system and razor-wire fencing, then Somerset County officials may have a deal for you. ADVERTISEMENT
The Somerset County Jail in downtown Skowhegan is for sale. It has a price tag of $200,000.
The 14,000-square-foot lockup, which was built in 1897, is scheduled to shut down later this year when a new 200-bed county jail opens in Madison.
Somerset County Commissioner Philip Roy said the aim is to get the property back on the tax rolls.
He said some ideas include turning the property into a restaurant, an art gallery, a gift shop or even a bus station.
Joined: Fri Jan 12 2007, 04:38am
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Man, if you lived there you could have 200 guests rooms! Would also make a great flea market. Or the site of a line of Prison based porn films. Any VC's out there contact me - we'll make it work.
You also need to submit a plan to the town council showing how selling the jail to you is going to benefit the community at large, how you're going to create jobs, and how you'll positively affect the economy, etc.
gee, they sure are fuckin picky. so long as nobody's turning it into a brothel or doing anything illegal or that which could harm the community, who the hell cares?
