{"nrhp_refnum":"66000368","name":"Faneuil Hall","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Dock Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Boston","county":"Suffolk County","state":"MA","lat":42.360047621000064,"lon":-71.05624214821407,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1960-10-09","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture","Social History"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Faneuil Hall is a combined market house and public meeting hall at Dock Square (Faneuil Hall Square) in Boston, Massachusetts. It was completed in 1742 to a design by John Smibert, enlarged by Charles Bulfinch in 1805-06 and reconstructed in 1898-99.","why_significant":"The hall was a focal point for colonial protest against British Parliament before the Revolutionary War, hosting leaders such as Samuel Adams, James Otis and John Hancock. In the 19th century it was a major forum for abolitionists including William Lloyd Garrison and Wendell Phillips. It is also significant for its Georgian architecture and Bulfinch's enlargement.","narrative":"Faneuil Hall, at Dock Square in Boston, was offered to the town by merchant Peter Faneuil in 1740 as a market house with a public hall above. Completed in August 1742 to designs by John Smibert, it was a two-story Georgian brick building with Doric pilasters and a grasshopper weathervane on its cupola. A fire in January 1761 left only the walls standing, and it reopened in 1763. In 1805-06 Charles Bulfinch tripled its size by widening it and adding a third story. The city reconstructed it in 1898-99 using iron, steel and stone in place of combustible materials. The hall is known as the Cradle of Liberty. Colonial leaders met there to oppose the Stamp Act and later British measures, and 19th-century abolitionists spoke there. Today shops occupy the ground floor, the great hall serves mainly as a museum, and the attic houses the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company armory.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"John Smibert, Charles Bulfinch","architectural_style":"Georgian (Early Georgian)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Owned by the City of Boston and in use: shops on the ground floor and basement, a museum in the great hall, and the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company armory in the attic.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 01:58:55.800581-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/63/7938/63793863/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_MA/66000368_NHL.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000368/b09ae8e62c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000368/b09ae8e62c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"en:User:Daderot","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faneuil_Hall_Boston_Massachusetts.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">en:User:Daderot</a>, <a href=\"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Faneuil_Hall_Boston_Massachusetts.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"15000195","name":"Boston National Historical Park","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/massachusetts/boston-national-historical-park-15000195/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63793863","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faneuil_Hall","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49137"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/massachusetts/suffolk-county/faneuil-hall-66000368/"}