"The wooden jail was already marked with weather stains and other indications of age, which gave it a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous ironwork of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the new world.."
The New World was a place for people to start new fresh lives. The Puritans however, had to be all alike, and being different was disapproved of. That didn't allow opportunities to explore new ideas or learn more about themselves. The weather stains showing age, the gloom, darkness, and rust was tainting the new world. I think this was saying it was causing the new world to grow faster in a undesired yet in an oblivious way.
The structures aging in the weather? Interesting idea, but why would they grow faster (or age faster)? Is this a judgement from above?
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