Federal Hall
26 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, USA
New York, USA
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STATE HOUSE
EST. 1699
CONGRESS
EST. 1699
1765
Adams, John
Washington, George
Hamilton, Alexander
Jefferson, Thomas
Knox, Henry
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Federal Hall.
The original colonial and federal city hall no longer survives. Its site is occupied by an 1842 Greek Revival former customhouse, now operated by the National Park Service as Federal Hall National Memorial, with museum exhibits, memorial spaces, and a prominent statue of George Washington.
About Federal Hall
The building then occupying this site served as New York City Hall. Delegates assembled here for the Stamp Act Congress in 1765, an important early intercolonial protest against parliamentary taxation. After the Revolution, the remodeled building housed the Confederation Congress and then the first United States Congress. George Washington took the presidential oath on its balcony on April 30, 1789, symbolizing the new nation created by the Revolution.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Federal Hall
City Hall was first remodeled in 1765, when a third story was added. That October, delegates from nine of the Thirteen Colonies met as the Stamp Act Congress in response to the levying of the Stamp Act by the Parliament of Great Britain. Drawn together for the first time in organized opposition to British policy, the attendees drafted a message to King George III, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons, claiming entitlement to the same rights as the residents of Britain and protesting the colonies' "taxation without representation".
After the American Revolution, City Hall was home to the Congress of the Confederation of the United States under the Articles of Confederation. The first meeting of the Confederation Congress took place at City Hall on April 13, 1784.
The building was renamed Federal Hall in 1789 when New York was chosen as the nation’s first seat of government under the Constitution. The 1st Congress met there beginning on March 4, 1789. The first inauguration of George Washington, the first-ever inauguration of a President of the United States, occurred on the balcony of the building on April 30, 1789. Many of the most important legislative actions in the United States occurred with the 1st Congress at Federal Hall. For example, on September 25, 1789, the United States Bill of Rights was proposed in Federal Hall.
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