Federal Hall
Federal Hall was the first capitol building of the United States established under the Constitution. Serving as the meeting place of the First United States Congress and the site of George Washington's first presidential inauguration, the building was located on Wall Street facing the northern end of Broad Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, from 1703 to 1812.Photo: Ajay Suresh, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Historic building
- Description: building and historic site in New York City
- Also known as: “Federal Hall National Memorial” and “FEHA”
- Address: 26 Wall Street, New York, NY
- Roof shape: gabled
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include New York Stock Exchange and Freedom Tower.
New York Stock Exchange
Photo: Nightscream, CC BY 3.0.
The New York Stock Exchange Building is the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange, located in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
Freedom Tower
Photo: Pedro Szekely, CC BY-SA 2.0.
One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and the Freedom Tower, is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Freedom Tower is situated 2,200 feet north of Federal Hall.
Trinity Church
Church
Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.
Trinity Church is a historic parish in the Episcopal Diocese of New York. The church is located at 89 Broadway opposite Wall Street, in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Trinity Church is situated 610 feet northwest of Federal Hall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Financial District and Battery Park City.
Financial District
Photo: Fletcher6, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Financial District comprises the southern tip of Manhattan, with the Hudson River on the west, the East River on the east, New York Harbor to the south, and Barclay Street on the north.
Battery Park City
Neighborhood
Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Battery Park City is a neighborhood and planned community at the southern tip of Manhattan in New York City. The neighborhood is situated along the Hudson River waterfront, and separated the Financial District and Tribeca by the West Side Highway.
Downtown Manhattan
Quarter
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lower Manhattan, also known as Downtown Manhattan, is the southernmost part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. The area is the historical birthplace of New York City and in the 17th and 18th centuries composed the entirety of the city.
Federal Hall
- Categories: National Memorial of the United States, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Manhattan, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.70733° or 40° 42′ 26″ northLongitude
-74.01025° or 74° 0′ 37″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Inception
1842Levels
3Height
63 feet (19 metres)Open location code
87G7PX4Q+WWOpenStreetMap ID
way 109337830OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=gabledWikidata ID
Q858689
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Federal Hall” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “القاعة الفيدرالية”
- Belarusian: “Федэрал-хол”
- Bengali: “ফেডারেল হল”
- Catalan: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Catalan: “Federal Hall”
- Cebuano: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Chinese: “联邦国家纪念堂”
- Chinese: “聯邦國家紀念堂”
- Chinese: “聯邦廳”
- Czech: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Czech: “Federal Hall”
- Danish: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Danish: “Federal Hall”
- Dutch: “Federal Hall”
- Esperanto: “Federacia Halo”
- Finnish: “Federal Hall”
- French: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- French: “Federal Hall National Monument”
- French: “Federal Hall”
- German: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- German: “Federal Hall”
- Hebrew: “ההיכל הפדרלי”
- Indonesian: “Federal Hall”
- Italian: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Italian: “Federal Hall”
- Japanese: “フェデラル・ホール”
- Japanese: “フェデラルホール”
- Japanese: “連邦公会堂”
- Korean: “페더럴 홀 내셔널 메모리얼”
- Korean: “페더럴 홀”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Federal Hall”
- Norwegian: “Federal Hall”
- Polish: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Portuguese: “Federal Hall”
- Russian: “Federal Hall”
- Russian: “Федерал Холл”
- Russian: “Федерал-холл”
- Slovak: “Federal Hall National Memorial”
- Slovak: “Federal Hall”
- Spanish: “Federal Hall”
- Spanish: “Monumento Nacional Federal”
- Swedish: “Federal Hall”
- Thai: “เฟเดอรัลฮอลล์”
- Ukrainian: “Федерал-хол”
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