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Old Brick Capitol
Closed 1929Low
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Photo by Lumley, Arthur, approximately 1837-1912, artist via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Lumley, Arthur, approximately 1837-1912, artist via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
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Background
The Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C., served as the temporary meeting place of the Congress of the United States from 1815 to 1819, while the Capitol Building was rebuilt after the burning of Washington in late 1814. "Old Brick" served as a private school, a boarding house, and, during the American Civil War, a prison known as the Old Capitol Prison. It was demolished in 1929, and its site is now occupied by the U.S. Supreme Court building.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1815
Closed 1929
Figures from official sources · verified 29 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Union ArmyPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1815
Region
Washington, D.C.
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- John H. Boyle?–1880
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
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Data completeness
20%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q7083595)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Old Brick Capitol. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-brick-capitol
Chicago
"Old Brick Capitol." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-brick-capitol.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-old-brick-capitol,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Old Brick Capitol},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/old-brick-capitol},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}