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Independence Hall at night The reverse of the U.S. $100 bill, which has portrayed Independence Hall since 1928 On July 16, 1987, Congress met at Independence Hall in an unprecedented joint meeting outside of Washington, to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Connecticut Compromise that determined the structure of Congress during the ...
Edmund Woolley designed and built Independence Hall, although it is traditionally attributed to Andrew Hamilton Edmund Woolley ( c. 1695—1771) was an English-born American architect and master carpenter , best known for building Independence Hall in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , United States.
In anticipation of the September 1937 sesquicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 2,600 painted plaster models of Independence Hall were mass-produced and shipped to schools and public buildings across the country. [15] Independence Hall scale model [16] (1937, painted plaster, WPA), Lobby, U.S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. [17]
Work on Congress Hall was completed the following year when President Woodrow Wilson rededicated the building. Additional work to refurbish the House chamber was completed in 1934. [10] In 1942, over 50 civic and patriotic groups met at the American Philosophical Society and joined to create the Independence Hall Association.
Harding carved the ionic capitals atop the pilasters in the Assembly Room of Independence Hall, and may have carved the shell frieze. Samuel Harding (died 1758) was an American cabinetmaker, remembered for his Queen Anne style furniture and for the interior architectural ornament of Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Buildings surrounding the Mall include Congress Hall, Independence Hall, and Old City Hall to the south; the Philadelphia Bourse, the National Museum of American Jewish History, Christ Church Burial Ground, and the Philadelphia Mint to the east; the approach to the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to the north; and WHYY-TV, the Federal Reserve Bank of ...
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West Virginia Independence Hall is located in downtown Wheeling, at the northeast corner of Market and 16th Streets, near the confluence of Wheeling Creek and the Ohio River. It is a three-story masonry structure, with an exterior of load-bearing ashlar-cut sandstone blocks.