Lock plate - "Lock No. 27"

01/02/55 - In yard of Old Stone House in Lisbon. According to Gard and Vodrey's book on page 189, this plate resided in the basement of the Lisbon City Hall at the time of the book's writing, and it came from the lock that was at the foot of Market Street in Lisbon. "The date of this inscription is 1836 and the number 27 evidently belongs to the earlier Gill series which does not agree with the later Robert's numbering used in this story." So it came from one of the missing locks around Lisbon that Gard and Vodrey number 17 through 21, though they do not say exactly which number it was. The plate is still there though the lettering is much more worn than in this picture.