Federal Hall — Attraction in New York

Federal Hall is a historic building at 26 Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City. The name refers to two structures on the site: a Federal style building completed in 1703, and the current Greek Revival-style building completed in 1842. While only the first building was officially called "Federal Hall", the current structure is operated by the National Park Service as a national memorial called the Federal Hall National Memorial.

The original building served as New York's first City Hall. It was the site where the colonial Stamp Act Congress met to draft its message to King George III claiming entitlement to the same rights as the residents of Britain and protesting "taxation without representation". After the American Revolution, in 1785, the building served as meeting place for the Congress of the Confederation, the nation's first central government under the Articles of Confederation. With the establishment of the United States federal government in 1789, it was renamed Federal Hall, as it hosted the 1st Congress and was the place where George Washington was sworn in as the nation’s first president. It was demolished in 1812.

The current structure, one of the best surviving examples of Greek Revival architecture in New York City, was built as the U.S. Custom House for the Port of New York.[5] Later it served as a sub-Treasury building. The current national memorial commemorates the historic events that occurred at the previous structure. The building was designated a city landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1965 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1966. It is also a contributing property to the Wall Street Historic District, a NRHP district...

This is a National Monument open to ALL U.S. taxpayers, dont get bullied out of this SHARED PUBLIC SPACE by the annoying, indignant production crew inside Federal Hall rehersing their amateur 'play' or whatever low-budget production they were filming on 6/22/2023. When we walked inside the main hall some loudmouth woman on a megaphone tried to tell us "no pictures" (of their amateur set, which we couldnt care any less about) and the area was 'off limits' despite the fact I had just confirmed with the Park Ranger inside the building that there were no restrictions to accessing the site and the production crew were supposed to share the space, not hoard it, so I ignored the loudmouth woman barking orders and walked right through the middle of their amateur set and took my sweet time taking photos of whatever I wanted with complete disregard of their opinions. My family travelled all the way from California and wanted to visit George Washingtons inauguration site because we have nothing like this in California. US taxpayers have just as much right to accessing these Federal monuments as these indignant production crews, who simply bought a cheap permit to access the site, so stand your ground against these bullies and help yourself to this free, national treasure that ALL Americans should revere. In my opinion, its completely disrespectful to allow that indignant production crew to take over one of our national treasures and act like they own it....

This place is a must see in NYC. Good location for pictures where many movies were filmed and famous scenes were made. Please do go to the sub stresses, where you can go and eat something and go to the bathroom somewhere (I remember seeing one available, but they always change). You’re definitely gonna find a lot of Starbucks around almost most of the corners there (where usually Starbucks picks their places), however, they don’t have bathrooms. You could look for them at hotels near there or small restaurants that they don’t look as nice as global chains, but very nice and hospitable staff there. Try to walk as much as possible in this area because it has a LOT to see. Drawback, many tricky beggars there. To be more specific, you might find a beautiful lady coming to you with some flyers or broachers and telling a sad long story about children or homeless or animals and that they raise money and donations for them (all my sympathy goes for any living or even dead soul in the world), but NOT those beggars who’re disguised in nice clothes, make up and perfumes, also, you could find men doing the same. Enjoy your time there. Get pictures of the exchange market and the little girl’s statue in...