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When New York
was chosen as the site of our nation’s first capital,
a Federal building was needed. New Yorkers turned to Pierre
L’Enfant, the designer of Washington, D.C., to reconstruct
City Hall into Federal Hall. Congress met in this building
for a little over a year before the capital was moved to Philadelphia.
Interesting Facts :
- The building standing today is not the
original hall — that was torn down in 1812.
- The Federal Hall National Memorial was
built in 1842 and contains exhibits on President Washington’s
inauguration in 1789 and what life was like in New York
at the time.
Links:
http://www.nps.gov/feha/
http://www.npca.org/across_the_nation |
