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The Carpenters Company was founded in 1724, but had no meeting house of their own, resorting to rented tavern rooms for their meetings. Carpenters Company members finally selected a new building site in 1768 on Chestnut Street, a few hundred feet from
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in Italy. The carpenters' guild held their first meeting there on January 21, 1771, and continued to do so until 1777 when the British Army captured Philadelphia. On April 23, 1773, which was
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and a key meeting place in the early history of the United States. Completed in 1775, the two-story brick meeting hall was built for and is still privately owned by the
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The federal Custom House in Philadelphia was located at Carpenters' Hall between 1802 and 1819, except for a brief interruption between January and April, 1811.
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The building is free to enter and receives 120,000 visitors per year. Numerous dignitaries have visited Carpenters' Hall, including
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Within these Walls Henry, Hancock, & Adams inspired the Delegates of the Colonies With Verve and Sinew for the Toils of War
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of North America met at Carpenters Hall from September 5 to October 26, 1774, as the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed
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166(R) HR180 to recognize "Carpenters' Hall as the official birthplace of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania".
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166(R) HR180 to recognize Carpenters' Hall as the official birthplace of Pennsylvania.
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The meeting hall served as a hospital for both British and American troops in the
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based on both the town halls of Scotland, where Smith was born, and the villas of
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The Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia published 1887
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to be written and ultimately adopted. It was briefly occupied in 1777 by the
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to be written and ultimately adopted. It was briefly occupied in 1777 by the
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Carpenters' Hall commemorative stamp issued on the 200th anniversary in 1974
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was created from a revision of this article dated 1 November 2018
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The land on which Carpenters' Hall is built was purchased on behalf of the
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Over the south door of Carpenters' Hall reads the following inscription:
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In 2022, a fire in the basement of the building was suspected to be
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Buildings and structures in Independence National Historical Park
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and established the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, mobilized the
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Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
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met at the building in 1774 and passed and signed the
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Robert Smith: Architect, Builder, Patriot, 1722–1777
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List of National Historic Landmarks in Philadelphia
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Chestnut Street
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Continental Association
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Province of Pennsylvania
British Empire
Pennsylvania militia
American Revolutionary War
Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776
Declaration of Independence
British Army
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission

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