Federal Hall - New York, NY - American Guide Series on Waymarking.com

Taken from the book, "In the expectation that New York would be the national capitol, Major L'Enfant, who later planned the city of Washington, was commissioned to remodel the building in 1788 as the Federal Hall and here Washington took oath, April 30, 1789, as President of the United States. The place above the steps where it is claimed he stood on this occasion is marked by J.Q.A. Ward's Statue of Washington." --- "New York City: A Comprehensive Guide to the Boroughs of the Metropolis, 1939"

Taken from Wikipedia, "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. 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."

Book: New York City Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 87 Year Originally Published: 1939

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