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Site of New York City's 18th century City Hall. City Hall hosted the Stamp Act Congress, which assembled in October 1765, to protest "taxation without representation." After the Revolution, the Continental Congress met at City Hall. When the Constitution was ratified in 1788, New York remained the national capital. The First Congress met here in the new Federal Hall, remodeled by (Pierre L'Enfant) and wrote the Bill of Rights. George Washington was inaugurated here as President in 1789. The structure was later demolished in 1812.
The current hall was built as the Customs House, and opened in 1842. In 1862, Customs moved to 55 Wall Street and the building became the U. S. Sub-Treasury. Millions of dollars of gold and silver were kept in the basement vaults until the Federal Reserve Bank replaced the Sub-Treasury system in 1920.
Sit on the steps of the Federal Hall around lunch and people watch.
Official Web Site
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