Lincoln Castle prison (in the UK) used passive cooling, there's a Time Team documentary about it - the jail fever outbreak section talks about it: https://www.

Lincoln Castle prison (in the UK) used passive cooling, there's a Time Team documentary about it - the jail fever outbreak section talks about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm6A9sNXnzw#t=2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm6A9sNXnzw#t=2013 (The entire documentary is fascinating, assuming you like archaeology / history of course!).