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Carpenters' Hall

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
County of Philadelphia.
National Register Number: 70000552
 Resource type: Building.
Property type: Social - meeting hall.
Certified Local Government: NO
Web Site: www.nps.gov/inde/carpenters-hall.html.

Statement of Significance (as of designation - April 15, 1970):
Erected in 1770-71 as a guild hall for the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia, this is a fine example of late Georgian public architecture. The building served as a meeting place for the First Continental Congress in 1774, as a hospital for both British and American troops, and as the temporary office of both the First and Second Banks of the United States.


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