Federal Hall National Memorial
c/o National Park Service Manhattan Sites
26 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005-1907

Phone: 212-825-6888

This graceful building is on the site of the original Federal Hall where the trial of John Peter Zenger, involving freedom of the press, was held in 1735; the Stamp Act Congress convened, 1765; the Second Continental Congress met, 1785; Washington took the oath as first U.S. President and the Bill of Rights was adopted, 1789. Present building was completed 1842. The statue of Washington is by John Quincy Adams Ward.