Independence Hall | |
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בית דיזנגוף | |
Alternative names | Dizengoff House |
General information | |
Status | Completed |
Type | Museum |
Address | 16 Rothschild Boulevard |
Town or city | Tel Aviv |
Country | Israel |
Renovated | 1978 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Carl Rubin |
Known for | Site of the signing of Israel's Declaration of Independence |
Independence Hall, originally the Dizengoff House (Hebrew: בית דיזנגוף) is the site of the signing of Israel's Declaration of Independence. It is located on the historic Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, Israel.
It was originally built as the home of Meir Dizengoff and his wife, Zina. Dizengoff later entrusted architect Carl Rubin to redesign the building in the international style. He gifted the building to the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality and it housed Tel Aviv Museum of Art from 1932 to 1971. It is currently a museum dedicated to the signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence and the history of Tel Aviv.