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Commission House

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c. 1876. 100 Frederick St.
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)
  • (Photograph by Mark Mones)

Sophia Street, east of Caroline Street, lies hard on the river and in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was lined with wharves, warehouses, and factories. This structure, the only remaining warehouse, was built by the A. K. Phillips Company, which ran an import-export business.

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Richard Guy Wilson et al.
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Richard Guy Wilson et al., "Commission House", [Fredericksburg, Virginia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/VA-01-FR67.

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