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Alton Military Prison

prison located in Alton, Illinois
Organization archaeological_site Q16152499
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Summary

Alton Military Prison is an archaeological site[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of archaeological site entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (126 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Alton[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: military prison[5]
  • Operator: Illinois Department of Corrections[6]
  • Commons category: Alton Military Prison[7]
  • Heritage designation: National Register of Historic Places listed place[8]
  • Date of official closure: 1865[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 20h ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'en']
    Atlas obscura place id → alton-military-prison-site
    Sitelink count → 2
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Atlas obscura place id: alton-military-prison-site"
  2. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 3654622994
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Alton
    Date of official closure → +1865-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Image → Alton Military Prison remains.jpg
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 3654622994, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/3654622994 in United States"
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