Independence Hall
Wooley, Edmund
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Alternative Title
Pennsylvania State House
Date
1732-1753Description
Clock tower, view of the south entry below; The lawyer Andrew Hamilton oversaw the planning and worked to guarantee its completion. Hamilton had won renown for his successful 1735 defense of Peter Zenger in New York that was to become a freedom-of-the-press landmark. The building has undergone many restorations, notably by Greek revival architect John Haviland in 1830, and by a committee from the National Park Service, in 1950, returning it to its 1776 appearance. Source: National Register of Historic Places [website]; http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/ (accessed 2/8/2008)
Type of Work
legislative buildingSubject
architectural exteriors, rulers and leaders, Georgian, American Colonial
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