Sugar House Prison Window

Sugar House Prison Window is a memorial in Manhattan, New York. Sugar House Prison Window is situated nearby to the community center CB1, as well as near the grassland Living Memorial Grove.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New York City Hall and Woolworth Building.

New York City Hall

Town hall

Photo: Momos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

New York City Hall is the seat of New York City government, located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street. New York City Hall is situated 640 feet west of Sugar House Prison Window.

Woolworth Building

Photo: Aude, Public domain.

The Woolworth Building is a 792-foot-tall residential building and early skyscraper at 233 Broadway in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Woolworth Building is situated 1,300 feet west of Sugar House Prison Window.

Freedom Tower

Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.

One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 2,600 feet west of Sugar House Prison Window.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Manhattan and TriBeCa.

Downtown Manhattan

Quarter

Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.

TriBeCa

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

A former industrial district in Lower Manhattan, TriBeCa, short for "Triangle Below Canal Street", has transformed from artist community to upscale residential district in the 21st century.

Financial District

Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.

Sugar House Prison Window

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “This window was originally part of the five story Sugar House built in 1763 at the corner of Duane and Rose Streets and used by the British during the Revolutionary War as prison for American Patriots.”
Category: historic site
Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.71256° or 40° 42′ 45″ north

Longitude

-74.00371° or 74° 0′ 13″ west

Open location code

87G7PX7W+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 6946750328

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include CB1 and Living Memorial Grove.

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