The Tombs
New York, United States
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The Tombs, erected in 1838 as the Halls of Justice in Lower Manhattan, was a municipal jail built in the Egyptian Revival architectural style, its form resembling a mastaba—a design choice that likely inspired its colloquial name. Located at 125 White Street in what is now the Civic Center district, it replaced the Colonial-era Bridewell Prison; construction costs were reduced by incorporating salvaged materials from the demolished earlier structure. The building gained literary notoriety when Charles Dickens described it in *American Notes for General Circulation*. Over the subsequent centuries, the site housed several successive jail facilities bearing the Tombs name, with the original building standing until 1902, when it was succeeded by the City Prison and later the Manhattan House of Detention.
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