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Located at 26 Wall Street in New York City's Financial District, Federal Hall is the birthplace of American Government. Formerly a British colonial city hall, in 1789 it was reconstructed and became the seat of the new American government. On April 30th of that year, a crowd assembled in front of its second floor balcony to watch George Washington take the oath of office as our first President of the United States. It also housed the first Congress, Supreme Court, and Execut

The Visitor Center is in the northwest gallery, near the 15 Pine Street entrance to Federal Hall. Here you can find information about the National Park Service's New York City sites, as well as the other 23 sites in National Parks of New York Harbor. Maps and brochures about local attractions are also available. You can even watch videos about Federal Hall. A park ranger is available to answer any questions you might have.

Fraunces Tavern, at the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets was originally built in 1719. Purchased by Samuel Fraunces in 1762, it operated as boarding house with a bar until the 1840s.In August 1775, Alexander Hamilton began to dismantle British cannons at the battery. In response The British ship HNS Asia fired a cannon ball blasted through the roof of the Tavern. The sons of Liberty convened here as they secretly planned and plotted against the British government. In 1783 W

In 1882, John Quincy Adams Ward's bronze George Washington statue was erected on the front steps of the recently rebuilt Federal Hall, marking the approximate site where Washington was inaugurated as President in the original structure.

This burial ground has been the final resting place for many historic figures since the Churchyard cemetery opened in 1697. Alexander Hamilton is laid to rest at Trinity Church, as well as his wife Eliza Hamilton. However, three years before Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met on the dueling grounds in Weehawken, New Jersey, Hamilton's son Philip also engaged in a duel regarding remarks made about his father. Philip lost the duel and his life. He is recorded in the burial r