Blog 3 – Jacob Schnoebelen – Federal Hall (NYC)

Another building I saw and was impressed by on my trip to NYC was Federal Hall. I didn’t know much about it, and didn’t even plan to visit it but as we were walking through Wall Street. I didn’t know until after taking this picture, that it is the location where George Washington took his oath to become the first President of the US.

I was impressed by the Greek Revival style architecture, and the marble stone look. The building was built in 1842, and one of the best surviving examples of this architecture style in NYC. The Greek Revival Architecture is what originally caught my eye, and got me to take the picture with a proud George Washington statue out front. Only after did I look up the historical significance of the building and realized the importance of it, and that I stood on those steps.

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