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Buildings and structures on the Mall include the National Constitution Center (north 3rd block); the Independence Visitor Center and the Free Quaker Meetinghouse (middle 2nd Block); and the President's House Memorial and the Liberty Bell Center (south 1st Block).
The Liberty Bell Pavilion (demolished) was a building within Independence National Historical Park (INHP) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that housed the Liberty Bell from January 1, 1976 to October 9, 2003. Designed by the architectural firm Giurgola Associates to be the Bell's permanent home, it stood for only 30 years.
The building is free to enter and receives 120,000 visitors per year. [5] Numerous dignitaries have visited Carpenters' Hall, including Supreme Court of the United States Chief Justice Warren E. Burger , King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden , Czech Republic President Václav Havel , Latvian President Guntis Ulmanis , Texas governor ...
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Independence National Historical Park" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Free Quaker Meetinghouse is a historic Free Quaker meeting house at the southeast corner of 5th and Arch Streets in the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1783, and is a plain 2 1 ⁄ 2-story brick building with a gable roof. The second floor was added in 1788.
[7] [8] In 1824, a four-foot extension with a new facade was added to the west side, and in the 1830s to 1840s, the building was extended eastward at the rear. In 1988, the property was leased to a private business by Independence Historical National Park in order to facilitate restoration of the building.
Buildings and structures in Independence National Historical Park (17 P) Pages in category "Independence National Historical Park" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.
The City Tavern is a late-20th century building designed to be the replica of the historic 18th-century tavern and hotel building which stood on the site. It is located at 138 South 2nd Street in Philadelphia, at the intersection of Second and Walnut streets, near Independence Hall.