Talk:Independence Hall

message: I uploaded a nice images....:Image:Independencehall.jpe ...but i cannot get it to fit right. can someone take a stab? Kingturtle 05:50, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Images

message: I assume this is an error, but I'm not sure what a provincial legislative chamber would have been called in Colonial America.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.3.44.127 (talk) 17:45, 24 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  'State' House in 1729? 

message: Does anyone have any evidence on when the name Independence Hall began to be used? It would be a useful bit of perspective. deisenbe (talk) 17:04, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm guessing  would have an idea.  Off the top of my head, during the Revolution (and before) it was known as the State House, so when the state capital was moved (1820s??) might have been a good time to change the name.  Smallbones(smalltalk) 17:08, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Harrisburg,_Pennsylvania#Founding gives October 1812 as the date of the capital moving there.  Smallbones(smalltalk) 17:12, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi, folks. The name is attributed to the Marquis de La Fayette on his 1824-25 tour of the United States. When he visited the (former) Pennsylvania Statehouse, he reportedly called the Assembly Room the "Hall of Independence" (or its equivalent in French), and the name eventually became attached to the entire building. == BoringHistoryGuy (talk) 17:20, 23 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of the name Independence Hall 

message: 1948, when the Park was created? I think it would be useful to know that. There is no “Independence Hall”, nor “Pennsylvania State House”, not under those names, on the National Register of Historic Places (see https://www.nps.gov/nr/research/data_downloads/Multiple_Links_2015.xlsx and https://www.nps.gov/nr/research/data_downloads/national-register-listed-properties-20171205.xlsx) deisenbe (talk) 13:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: The NY Times called it Independence Hall in a 1915 article (https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/06/18/104647618.html) Independence Square was named in 1828 (ref above after Toqueville). deisenbe (talk) 20:18, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  When was it ''officially'' renamed Independence Hall? 

message: a few years ago i proposed making  big ben and the Cenntennial clock ultra accurate.
since that time all information about the independance hall tower clock appears to be missing.
its a wonderfull  double  three leg escapement like big ben. but it appears to have gone missing from history.  I considered adding the adjustments to make the centennial clock ultra accurate.  but it has virtually gone missing from the web.
can wiki start a page to detail its history and chronicale its updates and repairs?
i know clocks are about a dollar a peice now..  but the precision mechanicalmclocks are still worth millions..  see exoencive watches.  the tower clocks are only so accurate unless they are correctly adjusted.  trinity college has done some work on its clock which is running above average.
it remains a very rare but interesting science, how to make mechanical clocks super accurate.
and i think we should charish the centennial clock which was donated.
 During the Centennial restoration project, a large bell (weighing 13,000 pounds) and a new clock were given to the City by Henry Seybert for the steeple of Independence Hall. This clock and bell are still in use.
http://www.ushistory.org/independencehall/history/indhall7.htm 
btw the u.s. didnt pay him for 6 years..
 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.197.63.153 (talk) 16:07, 7 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Seybert clock or Centennial Clock inside indepndance hall. 

message: I am beginning a section here to discuss the infobox image. I am of the opinion that a wider image that captures a facade of the building in its entirety (like option 2) is more appropriate than a close up (particularly a close up with perspective distortion).  does not seem to share this opinion, ostensibly preferring option 1. Any thoughts? Filetime (talk) 04:39, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Infobox image 

message: It is not often discussed, but my understanding is that it is not owned by the United States but rather by the state of Pennsylvania under the city of Philadelphia.
The various routes of its Pedegree might make an interesting footnote.
Perhaps someone can also answer the question of whether the clock is donated or on lease. Since there has been some discussion that modern clocks can be made more accurate. Such opportunities are so Bureaucratically  complex that no one has ever attempted to propose it. -- Unsigned comment
:The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania sold Independence Hall to the City of Philadelphia in 1818: https://www.nps.gov/inde/learn/historyculture/places-independencehall-assemblyroom.htm#. Text on the sale appears in the section "Transition to Shrine" Allreet (talk) 00:47, 25 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who owns it?