Visitors like to hunt for names on the walls of the 1869 Allen County Jail, Kurtis Russell, director of the Allen County Historical Society, said. Some come looking for the name of a grandfather or other relative who spend time in the jail before it closed in 1959.
Russell has never seen anyone find the name of a relative. Its not as easy task, as hundreds of names and drawings adorn the nearly 150-year-old walls. Visitors arent allowed to touch the walls, for fear they could damage the artistic graffiti.
The jail was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.…
