Landmarks & buildings

Old Allegheny County Jail

building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

United States · 40.4385, -79.9955

Old Allegheny County Jail is recorded as a filming location for 1 production. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.

“The jail sequences were filmed in both the Allegheny County Courthouse and inside and outside of the old Allegheny County Jail for three days, and prisoners there were used as extras in the movie.”
Mrs. Soffel (1984) · Wikipedia

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Old Allegheny County Jail
Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Movies filmed at Old Allegheny County Jail

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Old Allegheny County Jail as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list, each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

Filming locations nearby

Frequently asked questions

What was filmed at Old Allegheny County Jail?

2 productions are recorded as filmed at Old Allegheny County Jail, including The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Mrs. Soffel (1984). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed at Old Allegheny County Jail?

The Silence of the Lambs (1991), covered by 102 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Old Allegheny County Jail?

Old Allegheny County Jail is in the United States. Its coordinates are 40.4385, -79.9955.

What other filming locations are near Old Allegheny County Jail?

Allegheny County Courthouse (under 1 km), Pittsburgh metropolitan area (under 1 km), BNY Mellon Center (under 1 km), Omni William Penn Hotel (under 1 km) and 2 more, all within 40 km and listed on this page with photographs.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Lee Paxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.