{"nrhp_refnum":"66000095","name":"Federal Hall National Memorial","other_names":["U. S. Customs Building","Subtreasury Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Wall and Nassau Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"New York","county":"Manhattan","state":"NY","lat":40.707268990000046,"lon":-74.01006693099998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Federal Hall National Memorial is a Greek Revival marble building at 26 Wall Street in Manhattan, begun in 1834 and completed in 1842 as the U.S. Custom House, on the site of the original Federal Hall.","why_significant":"The site held the original Federal Hall, the first capitol under the Constitution, where Washington was inaugurated in 1789 and the Bill of Rights was adopted. The present building is also a fine example of Greek Revival architecture and later served as the most important of six federal subtreasuries.","narrative":"Federal Hall National Memorial occupies the corner of Wall and Nassau Streets in Manhattan. The present building was begun in 1834 and finished in 1842 as the U.S. Custom House, designed in part by John Frazee. It is fireproof, built of marble, limestone, granite, brick and iron, with six levels. Eight Doric columns at each end and a low pediment recall the Parthenon. In 1862 it became a branch of the Independent Treasury System and held 70 percent of federal revenues. The ground has deeper importance: the earlier Federal Hall stood here, remodelled in 1788 by Pierre L'Enfant as the first capitol under the Constitution. Washington was inaugurated there on April 30, 1789, and Congress created the main executive departments, the federal courts and the Bill of Rights. The Zenger trial and the Stamp Act Congress also took place in the older building. The site was designated a national historic site in 1939 and a national memorial in 1955.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Frazee (designed in part)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Rated in good condition and occupied; used as a museum and government building. The exterior has changed little, though the interior has been altered many times.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:39.667326-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/66000095.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000095/8236abf4af-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000095/8236abf4af-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Hall_(48126566178).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Federal_Hall_(48126566178).jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000063","name":"Wall Street Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/wall-street-historic-district-07000063/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75319479","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q858689"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/manhattan/federal-hall-national-memorial-66000095/"}