Carpenters'
Hall
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built in 1773
#NC-17320-PA - Notecards
Also available in Assortment Pack #AST-1776
Founded in 1724, the Carpenters' Company of the City and County
of Philadelphia is the oldest existing trade guild in the United
States. A little over a year after members of the company completed
its new meeting hall, delegates to the First Continental Congress
voted to meet here. They deliberated from September 5 through
October 26, 1774, establishing a trade embargo against Great Britain
and drafting letters of disagreement to King George III.
Other
tenants have included the nation's first lending library, the
first Secretary of War, the First Bank of the U.S., the Franklin
Institute and the first trade exhibition. Carpenters' Hall became
the site of the nation's first bank robbery in the early morning
of September 1, 1798, when $162,821 was taken from the Bank of
Pennsylvania vaults. The building is included within Independence
National Historical Park. The Carpenters' Company continues to
own and maintain the property.
Drawing
© 2004 Bill Harrah
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