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The prison was closed in 1991. In 1995 the state sold 44 acres of the Estate, including the
Mansion and prison building, to Laketown Township for $ 1, stipulating that the mansion be preserved and that it be owned and operated by the public. The Friends of the Felt Estate formed in 2002 and began
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