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Federal Hall National Memorial | |
New York City Landmark No. 0047, 0887 | |
.jpg) View of Federal Hall in 2019 | |
 Location of Federal Hall in New York City | |
| Location | 26 Wall Street, Financial District, Manhattan, New York City |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°42′26″N 74°0′37″W / 40.70722°N 74.01028°W |
| Area | 0.45 acres (0.18 ha) |
| Built | May 26, 1842 |
| Architect | Town and Davis; John Frazee (Interior Rotunda) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Visitation | 156,707 (2004) |
| Website | Federal Hall National Memorial |
| Part of | Wall Street Historic District (ID07000063[2]) |
| NRHP reference No. | 66000095[1] |
| NYSRHP No. | 06101.000085 |
| NYCL No. | 0047, 0887 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966[6] |
| Designated NMEM | August 11, 1955 |
| Designated CP | February 20, 2007 |
| Designated NYSRHP | June 23, 1980[3] |
| Designated NYCL | December 21, 1965 (exterior)[4] May 27, 1975 (interior)[5] |
Federal Hall is a memorial and historic site at 26 Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan in New York City. The current Greek Revival–style building, completed in 1842 as the Custom House, is owned by the United States federal government and operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial called the Federal Hall National Memorial. The memorial is named for an earlier Federal style building on this same site, completed in 1703 as City Hall, which the government of the newly independent United States used as its capital building and called Federal Hall during the 1780s.
The 1703 building had served as New York's City Hall and hosted the 1765 Stamp Act Congress before the American Revolution. After the United States became an independent nation, it served as the meeting place for the Congress of the Confederation, the nation's first central government under the Articles of Confederation, from 1785 to 1789, and the building was expanded and updated. With the establishment of the United States federal government in 1789, it hosted the 1st Congress and was where George Washington was sworn in as the nation's first president. It was demolished in 1812 to make way for another government building.
The current structure, designed by Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis, was built as the U.S. Custom House for the Port of New York before serving as a Subtreasury building from 1862 to 1925. The current national memorial commemorates the historic events that occurred at the previous structure. The memorial building is constructed of Tuckahoe marble. Its architectural features include a colonnade of Doric columns, as well as a domed rotunda designed by the sculptor John Frazee. The facade and part of the interior are New York City designated landmarks, and the building is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Howe, Kathy; Robins, Anthony (August 3, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Wall Street Historic District". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved July 7, 2024 – via National Archives.
- ^ "Cultural Resource Information System (CRIS)". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. November 7, 2014. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
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