The Domino Sugar Refinery was landmarked in 2007, shortly after Domino Foods, Inc. closed its Williamsburg operations in 2004. The event marked an important transition since the Domino Sugar Refinery had been one of the last remaining vestiges of Williamsburg's past as a manufacturing hub. The structure was originally built in 1856, and then in 1882, rebuilt in the brick and stone that remains today due to a factory fire. A plan to transform the building into residential space has garnered support from the city but controversy from neighbors, who seek to preserve this public landmark.