Old City Hall

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courthouse former city hall historic building tourist attraction

Old City Hall is a historic courthouse and former city government building in Philadelphia that stands adjacent to Independence Hall within Independence National Historical Park.

Aliases (1)

Old City Hall (Philadelphia) ×45

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	courthouse → former city hall → historic building → tourist attraction →
adjacentTo	Independence Hall →
architecturalStyle	Federal architecture →
category	Buildings and structures in Independence National Historical Park → City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania → Courthouses in Pennsylvania → Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania →
city	Philadelphia →
constructionStart	1789 →
country	United States →
governingBody	National Park Service →
hasFunction	courthouse → municipal government building →
hasTourismType	heritage tourism →
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark District (as part of Independence National Historical Park) → National Register of Historic Places contributing property → U.S. National Historic Landmark District contributing property →
inception	late 18th century →
locatedIn	Independence National Historical Park →
locatedInHistoricDistrict	Independence Hall National Historic Landmark District →
locatedOn	Independence Square →
location	Pennsylvania → Philadelphia → United States →
material	red brick →
notableFor	role in early United States federal judiciary → service as Philadelphia city hall in the late 18th and early 19th centuries →
openToPublic	true →
partOf	Independence National Historical Park →
streetAddress	5th and Chestnut Streets →
supremeCourtUseFrom	1791 →
supremeCourtUseUntil	1800 →
usedAsCityHallFrom	1791 →
usedAsCityHallUntil	1854 →
usedBy	City of Philadelphia → United States Supreme Court → federal judiciary of the United States →
usedFor	Philadelphia city government → United States Supreme Court sessions → federal court →
yearCompleted	1791 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Old City historic district ("Old City Hall (Philadelphia)") →	contains
Independence National Historical Park →	hasSite
Independence Hall →	nearby