OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Old Lock Up, Mornington

DATE1950s

MEDIAImage

COLLECTIONMornington and District Historical Society

REG NO.1244.2

HISTORY

The lock up was built in 1860, and was built alongside the Court House. This was the first permanent courthouse on the Mornington Peninsula and the court house and lock up were the oldest public buildings in Mornington. They were used continuously from 1860 until 1988 after which the buildings fell into disrepair. In 2000 a campaign by the Friends of the Courthouse saved them from demolition.

DESCRIPTION

This shows a small brick building with two doors and a pitched roof. The doors appear to be re-enforced with metal bars. The roof is corrugated iron.

SUBJECTS

Courthouses, Prisons

KEYWORDS

Courthouses, Mornington, Mornington Court House, Prisons