1930s era photo of cell blocks
OSSINING – Consulting companies will conduct studies into what it would take to restore the 1825 Cell Block and 1936 Power House at Sing Sing State Correctional Facility in Ossining as a museum.
Historic Hudson River Towns, the lead agency in the development of a prison museum and education center, is moving forward with preliminary studies, said Jerry Faiella, executive director.
“The planning program will give us a good understanding of what the visitor experience will be like, what the business plan should be to operate the museum, and also help us identify the partnership arrangements so that we are not a standalone operation; basically we all work together with some of the other tourism and historic sites in the region,” Faiella said.
The studies will also seek to put a dollar price tag on the restoration. They already have $1 million the bank toward the actual construction and have secured $350,000 in state funds for the preliminary studies.
