Federal Hall National Memorial, New York, New York, USA

Federal Hall National Memorial, designed by John Frazee in Neoclassical style and built 1842 as the United States Custom House, and the bronze statue of George Washington, 1882, by John Quincy Adams Ward, on Wall St, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA. The building replaces the original Federal Hall, demolished in 1812, which was built in 1700 as New York's City Hall, and was the first capitol building of the USA under the Constitution, site of George Washington's inauguration and the US Bill of Rights in the First Congress. The building is now run by the National Parks of New York Harbor. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13438631

Media ID

45124824

Size

7087px x 4724px (6.7MB)

Credit

Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

Source

Photograph by Manuel Cohen