Federal Hall
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Federal Hall National Memorial
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Federal Hall in 2006
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Location of Federal Hall in New York City
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| Location | 26 Wall Street, Financial District, Manhattan, New York City |
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| Coordinates | 40°42′26″N 74°0′37″W / 40.70722°N 74.01028°WCoordinates: 40°42′26″N 74°0′37″W / 40.70722°N 74.01028°W |
| Area | 0.45 acres (1,800 m2) |
| Built | May 26, 1842 |
| Architect | John Frazee |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Visitation | 156,707 (2004) |
| Website | Federal Hall National Memorial |
| NRHP Reference # | 66000095 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NMEM | August 11, 1955 |
| Designated NYCL | December 21, 1965 |
Federal Hall, built in 1700 as New York's City Hall, later served as the first capitol building of the United States of America under the Constitution, as well as the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States under the Constitution. It was also where the United States Bill of Rights was introduced in the First Congress. The building was demolished in 1812.
Federal Hall National Memorial was built in 1842 as the United States Custom House, on the site of the old Federal Hall on Wall Street, and later served as a sub-Treasury building. It is now operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial commemorating the historic events that occurred there.
The original structure on the site was built as New York's second City Hall in 1699 - 1703, on Wall Street, in what is today the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. In 1735, John Peter Zenger, an American newspaper publisher, was arrested for committing libel against the British royal governor and was imprisoned and tried there. His acquittal on the grounds that the material he had printed was true established freedom of the press as it was later defined in the Bill of Rights.
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