This is a photo of the exterior of the American Mennonite Relief warehouse in Schoenwiese, formerly the Jakob H. Niebuhr flour mill turning out flour to ship down the Dnieper River to Turkey. First two floors of warehouse were used for American Mennonite Relief work. (2 copies). There is a different photograph of this warehouse in David Hofer's book, Die Hungersnot in Russland, p. 19.

Herman Niebuhr started his milling business in Chortitza in the 19th Century. By 1907 the H.A. Niebuhr & Ko. was a joint-stock company owning 11 mills including several in other villages of the Chortitza Colony.