St. Dismas Church was built between 1939 and 1941 and is a large
Neogothic inspired stone chapel. It was constructed of
fieldstones salvaged from several 19th-century stone structures already on the site, including the prison's first
cell block. The rectangular building measures by . It features a steeply pitched,
slate-clad gable roof and two massive oak entrance doors with Medieval inspired metal strapwork. A engaged tower with corner
buttresses and an octagonal
spire is located at the rear corner. It was added to the
National Register of Historic Places in 1991. ==References==