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Look inside: We spent $64 million turning an old Virginia prison into an apartment complex— 'it's important to preserve history'

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The Lorton Reformatory was a prison that housed inmates from Washington , D.C. Many suffragists were held after the Silent Sentinels pickets at the White House in 1917 .

The old prison's cafeteria was converted into a community space for residents.

The name Liberty Crest Apartments is an homage to the property's history.

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informal

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English

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41

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