This Classical Style building was completed on Wall Street in lower Manhattan in 1842 as the United States Custom House. It was built on the site of the old Federal Hall. At this site on April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first United States President. The statue commemorates his inauguration. The building is now part of the Federal Hall Memorial National Historic Site. That's my 1979 blue Chevrolet Impala station wagon on the left. We drove to NYC from Houston, Texas…
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