c. 1866; "Erected about the year 1800. During the Fenian troubles of 1866 and 1870, it was used part of the time as a barracks for the militia. The soldiers in the picture are some of the Quebec Rifles stationed in Sandwich at that time."; it was a square red building surrounded by a pallisade of cedar posts; located on the south side of Bedford Street (now Sandwich Street), just south of Mackenzie Hall (the new court house built in 1855); it was demolished in 1870-1871. A new large block stone prison with stone surrounding walls was built on the site.