Federal Hall National Memorial | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 18/12/2018

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Federal Hall National Memorial


00:01:29 1 History
00:01:38 1.1 First Structure
00:03:25 1.1.1 Federal Hall
00:04:37 1.2 Second structure
00:04:46 1.2.1 Customs House and Treasury building
00:06:30 1.2.2 Federal Hall National Memorial
00:08:57 2 Architecture
00:09:47 3 On U.S. postage



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Federal Hall is the name given to the first of two historic buildings located at 26 Wall Street, New York City.  The original, a Greek Revival structure completed in 1703, served as New York's first City Hall.  It was the site where the colonial Stamp Act Congress met to draft its message to King George III claiming entitlement to the same rights as the residents of Britain and protesting  "taxation without representation". After the American Revolution, it served as meeting place for the Congress of the Confederation held under the Articles of Confederation.
In 1788, the building was remodeled and enlarged under the direction of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, becoming the first example of Federal Style architecture in the United States. It was renamed Federal Hall when it became the first Capitol of the newly created United States in 1789 and hosted the 1st United States Congress.  On its steps George Washington was sworn in as the first President. It was demolished in 1812.
The current structure, completed in 1842 and one of the best surviving examples of neoclassical architecture in New York, was built as the U.S. Custom House for the Port of New York. Later it served as a sub-Treasury building. Though never referred to as "Federal Hall", today it is operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial and designated the Federal Hall National Memorial to commemorate the historic events that occurred at the previous structure.