Faneuil Hall
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Faneuil Hall
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Faneuil Hall today, east side
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| Location: | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Coordinates: | 42°21′35.86″N 71°3′24.31″W / 42.3599611°N 71.0567528°WCoordinates: 42°21′35.86″N 71°3′24.31″W / 42.3599611°N 71.0567528°W |
| Built: | 1742 |
| Architect: | John Smibert; Charles Bulfinch |
| Architectural style: | Georgian |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 66000368[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | October 15, 1966 |
Faneuil Hall is an historic place near the waterfront in Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1742. It has been a marketplace and a meeting hall. Today it is the city's Government Center. It was the site of several speeches by Samuel Adams and others encouraging independence from Great Britain. It is now part of Boston National Historical Park and a stop on the Freedom Trail. It is sometimes called "the Cradle of Liberty".[2]
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- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ↑ Faneuil Hall Boston, the Cradle of Liberty
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