{"nrhp_refnum":"66000683","name":"Independence National Historical Park","other_names":["See Also:First Bank of the United States","Second Bank of the"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Bounded by Walnut, 6th, Chestnut, and 2nd Sts.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Philadelphia","county":"Philadelphia","state":"PA","lat":39.95242729150007,"lon":-75.14676408289276,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1966-10-15","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Historic - Non-Aboriginal","Economics","Politics/Government","Architecture","Black","Law","Social History","Religion","Invention"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A 39.53-acre national historical park of urban land in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, established in June 1948 by Public Law 795 to preserve resources associated with the American Revolution and the founding and growth of the United States. It comprises eleven land parcels containing Independence Hall, Congress Hall, Independence Square, the Graff House, City Tavern, and other 18th-century sites.","why_significant":"The park preserves buildings and sites tied to the Continental Congresses, the signing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the federal government's decade in Philadelphia (1790-1800), and the lives of figures such as Franklin, Jefferson and Bishop William White. Its historic structures are restored to their 1774-1800 period and it holds a large museum and archeological collection. The nomination argues the resources are of outstanding national significance for their association with the nation's founding and growth.","narrative":"Independence National Historical Park occupies 39.53 acres of downtown Philadelphia, the city that served as the nation's capital from 1790 to 1800. Its core is Independence Hall, where the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitutional Convention met from May 25 to September 17, 1787. Congress Hall, built 1787-89, housed the House of Representatives and Senate during the capital years. The park also includes the reconstructed Graff House, where Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration in 1776, and City Tavern, where delegates to the Continental Congresses gathered. Most surviving buildings are red brick Georgian or Federal structures, and the restored sites hold a large collection of about 22,000 artifacts, including the Liberty Bell and portraits by Charles Willson Peale and Gilbert Stuart. Sites of federal executive offices from the 1790s are marked on the ground.","period_of_significance":"1774-1824","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Georgian and Federal period red brick buildings; marble classical designs at the First and Second Banks and Merchants' Exchange","criteria":[],"status_note":"The park buildings are maintained in good to excellent condition; Independence Hall has been completely restored, and all historic structures except the Bond House have received at least exterior restoration.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:30.824814-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_PA/66000683.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000683/e04d77cdab-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/66000683/e04d77cdab-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Bev Sykes from Davis, CA, USA","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liberty_Bell,_Independence_Hall.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Bev Sykes from Davis, CA, 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:Liberty_Bell,_Independence_Hall.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"72000093","name":"Old City Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/pennsylvania/old-city-historic-district-72000093/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71996934","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_National_Historical_Park","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1190282"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/pennsylvania/philadelphia/independence-national-historical-park-66000683/"}