Temple University - Templar Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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i] ll J ' h file kear-t of the one iCfuare mile that makei up the bulk of the hiitoric area of Pliiiadelpkia, can Le founJ 3ndependence Stfuare. Jhe Scfuare takei up one clt bloch and inciuJed Con reii J4aii, independence Jdail, Old Cif J4alL and [- liiloiopkical Jdaii. independence Jdali, itielf, can be found on Cheitnut Street, between 5th and 6th Streefi. ZJne building wai ofiginalli known ad the f- enni loania tate ouie. Jrn 1787, it wai tlie dite of the federal Convention and Second Continental Con reM, in wkick tlie fatheri of thii country iigned the declaration of independence, declaring the United Stated a iouereign nation. J rom If ag 25 through September 17, 1787, the Conititufionat Contention met at independence Jdall and wrote the Condtitution, the Laiii for our lawi. jburing tke decade between 1790 and 1800, the building ierued ai the nation i capitol.

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» ' V •• J ' •f ,-•» V Ta mwt V ' H Jrn 1816, a bill to grant a charter to a Second iJjanU of tne United Stated, witft iti neaaquarteri in f- niCaaelpnia, wai paiiea. Une oanh wai to nave a capital of $35 million ana 25 orancnei. ZJnii regal, important looking builaing, which itiil can be found at 420 i heitnut Street, wai erected in 1824- ZJhe vSann ii an example of Ljreeh IKevival architecture. J no longer iervei ai a national banh, but now houiei a new portrait gatleru. ZJhe galleru ii open to the public everu dau, ai are moit .-jBt of the hiitoric buildingi in center citu V i PkiUefpki Uhe houie in which ffJetiu r oii once lived can itill be found at 239 Jrrch ■Street, part of f- hiladelphia i hiitoric area. ZJhii impreiiive brich colonial ii iaid to be the location where ihe iewed bu hand the tint .American Hag. -Attthough the original flag ii not in the houie, a thirteen itarred replica of it hangi outiide, over the entrance. ZJhe original colonial itule of the houie i interior hai been maintained, and it ii open for touri everu dau. Uhii building ii iuit one of io manu examplei of the hiitorical exp hiladeiphia , lerience in