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Year Created: 1857
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This image depicts a five story warehouse built in 1763 that was used to store sugar and molasses in Lower Manhattan. During the Revolutionary War, it was believed to have been operated as a British prison for rebels.
Source: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Rhinelander's sugar house & residence between William & Rose Sts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1857. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-2be8-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99