Carpenters’ Hall

Philadelphia

Carpenters’ Hall, Philadelphia

QUICK FACTS

Designed by architect Robert Smith, whose other works include Nassau Hall, St. Peter’s Church and the steeple on Christ Church.
A painting of George Washington, based on the Athenaeum portrait by Gilbert Stuart, is on display. It was painted by Stuart’s daughter, Jane, who was also an artist.

LINKS

SITE: Carpenters’ Hall
SITE: USHistory.org

LOCATION

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Completed in 1770, this Georgian building was the meeting place of the First Continental Congress in 1774.

Associated People

[Lord Frederick] North defended his role in the war for America to his death. He insisted that it did not originate in a despotic wish to tyrannise America, but from the desire of maintaining constitutional authority of Parliament over the colonies. He admitted that the war with American had been unfortunate but not unjust, adding that if he had been forced to mount the scaffold in consequence of the part that I have performed in its prosecution, I shall continue to maintain that it was founded in right and dictated by necessity.

— Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy

The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire (2013)