Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Additional Information - House 1789-1815

House Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia (photograph of modern re-creation)

House Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia (photograph of modern re-creation)

 

House Chamber, Congress Hall, Philadelphia (photograph of modern re-creation)

For a decade before moving to Washington in 1800, the House met on the main floor of Congress Hall, the Speaker presiding from the raised platform at the right.

Independence National Historical Park

 
History of Congress and the Capitol