The old warden?s house in downtown Towson, built in 1860, has been a stark institution for a long time. Until recently, the large, three-story, beige stoneand cement building housed work-release inmates on spare metal bunks as they awaited trial or served short drunken driving, drug possession or shoplifting sentences. It?s empty now, but it is staying put.
The rest of the old jail, however, constructed around the house in 1956, is going. Baltimore County Executive James Smith gave it a big whack from the seat of a Holland excavator Friday morning.
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