Photo, Print, Drawing Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA Independence National Historical Park State House of Pennsylvania

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About this Item

Title

Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Other Title

Independence National Historical Park State House of Pennsylvania

Names

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Nichols, Frederick D., photographer
Boucher, Jack E., photographer
Robinson, Cervin, photographer
Eisenman, George A., photographer
Dennett, Muessig & Associates, Limited, photographer
Independence National Historical Park, sponsor
Brookover, William D., project manager
Batcheler, Penelope Hartshorne, project manager
Wieskamp, Alan L., delineator
Neubauer, Marie A., delineator
Schiller, Angela J., delineator
Ryan, Robert A., project manager
Muessig, Hans, field team
Neubauer, Marie A., field team
Harms, Bruce A., field team
Wieskamp, Alan L., field team
Ceronie, J., field team

Created / Published

Documentation compiled after 1933

Headings

- galleries & museums
- capitols
- war (Revolutionary War)
- Georgian architectural elements
- World Heritage sites
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia County--Philadelphia

Notes

- Significance: It was constructed 1733-56 to serve as the State House for the colony of Pennsylvania. The building is most widely known for the events that occurred in the assembly room where the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and in 1781 received ratification for the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first comprehensive frame of government. In 1787 the Constitutional Convention met in the assembly room to draft and sign the U.S. Constitution...
- Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1429
- Survey number: HABS PA-1430
- Building/structure dates: after. 1731- before. 1754 Initial Construction
- Building/structure dates: 1828 Subsequent Work
- National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000683

Medium

Photo(s): 708
Color Transparencies: 8
Measured Drawing(s): 45
Photo Caption Page(s): 66

Call Number/Physical Location

HABS PA,51-PHILA,6-

Source Collection

Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Repository

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Control Number

pa0939

Rights Advisory

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Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, Sponsor Independence National Historical Park, William D Brookover, Penelope Hartshorne Batcheler, Alan L Wieskamp, Marie A Neubauer, Angela J Schiller, et al., Nichols, Frederick D, Jack E Boucher, Cervin Robinson, George A Eisenman, and Muessig & Associates Dennett, photographer. Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Philadelphia County, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/pa0939/.

APA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, C., Independence National Historical Park, S., Brookover, W. D., Batcheler, P. H., Wieskamp, A. L., Neubauer, M. A. [...] Ceronie, J., Nichols, F. D., Boucher, J. E., Robinson, C., Eisenman, G. A. & Dennett, M. &. A., photographer. (1933) Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Philadelphia Pennsylvania Philadelphia County, 1933. Documentation Compiled After. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/pa0939/.

MLA citation style:

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator, et al., photographers by Nichols, Frederick D, et al. Independence Hall Complex, Independence Hall, 500 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA. Documentation Compiled After. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/pa0939/>.

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