Independence Hall replicas and derivatives

Independence Hall (1732–1753) was built as the State House for the Colony of Pennsylvania. The Second Continental Congress met there from May 1775 to December 1776, from March to September 1777, and from July 1778 to March 1781. The Declaration of Independence was debated and signed in the hall. Congress under the Articles of Confederation met there from March 1781 to June 1783. The Constitutional Convention met there from May to September 1787, where it debated, wrote, and signed the United States Constitution.

• South San Francisco City Hall (1920), South San Francisco, California.{{cite web |url=http://www.ssf.net/documentcenter/view/14840 |title=City Hall |publisher=City of South San Francisco |format=DOC |access-date=12 January 2017}}
• Stock Yards National Bank (1925), Chicago, Illinois.[https://chuckmanchicagonostalgia.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/magazine-chicago-notable-architecture-the-stock-yard-inn-national-bank-replica-of-independence-hall-1925.jpg?w=468 Stock Yards National Bank]
• Reading Hospital (1928), West Reading, Pennsylvania
• Baker Memorial Library (1928), Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, Jens Fredrick Larson, architect.{{cite book |last=Miller |first=Rod A. |date=2006 |chapter=Jens Fredrick Larson and colonial revival |editor1-last=Wilson |editor1-first=Richard Guy |editor2-last=Eyring |editor2-first=Shaun |editor3-last=Marotta |editor3-first=Kenny |title=Re-creating the American Past: Essays on the Colonial Revival |location=Charlottesville, VA |publisher=University of Virginia Press |pages=53–66 (54) |isbn=0813923484 |oclc=61362746}}
• Freeport Village Hall (1928), Freeport, New York.
• Henry Ford Museum (1929), Dearborn, Michigan, Robert O. Derrick, architect.
• Liberty Motor Car Company Headquarters (1929), Detroit, Michigan, Robert O. Derrick, architect.Cars In Depth,{{cite web|url=http://www.rokemneedlearts.com/carsindepth/wordpressblog/?p=6005|title=With Liberty and Six Cylinders For All|accessdate=1 July 2013}} In the 1970 and 1980s, it housed offices of Budd-ThyssenKrupp. (Demolished April 2017)
• Walter F. George School of Law (1932), Mercer University, Macon, Georgia.
• LaGuardia Hall Library (1936), Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York.
• Founders Library, Howard University (1937), Washington, D.C., Albert Cassell, architect.{{cite web|url=http://www.howard.edu/campustour/points/main_campus_1/founders/6.htm|title=Howard University Campus Tour|publisher=Howard University|accessdate=1 May 2011}}
• Draper Hall (1938), Berea College, Berea, Kentucky.
• Miller Library (1939), Colby College, Waterville, Maine, Jens Fredrick Larson, architect.
• Bellarmine-Jefferson High School (1944), Burbank, California. Replicates the facade, inner staircase, and handrail.
• Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library (1951), Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Jens Fredrick Larson, architect.
• Queens County Savings Bank (1954), Kew Gardens Hills, New York, Harold O. Carlson, architect.
• Independence Mall (shopping center) (1964), 1601 Concord Pike (U.S. Route 202), Wilmington, Delaware.[http://www.independencemallde.com/ Independence Mall, Wilmington, Delaware.]
• Knott's Berry Farm (1966), Buena Park, California.Lesley Wright, [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-sep-18-me-24060-story.html "Reopening Constitutes Convention at Knott's"], Los Angeles Times, September 18, 1998. A full-size replica claimed to be the only exact replica of the original structure in the U.S.[https://www.knotts.com/rides-experiences/independence-hall Knott's Berry Farm - Independence Hall] The interior scenes of Independence Hall for the 2004 movie National Treasure were filmed here.
• Benjamin Franklin Savings & Loan (1971), 10201 SE Washington Street, Portland, Oregon. Now a Bank of America branch.
• Hall of Presidents (1971), Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.{{cite web|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/magic-kingdom/hall-of-presidents/ |website=Walt Disney World|title= Hall of Presidents}} Independence Hall was also among the inspirations for the EPCOT theme park's American pavilion.{{cite web|url=https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/attractions/epcot/american-adventure/|website= Walt Disney World|title=The American Adventure}}
• Mahler Student Center (1992), Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas.
• Harold W. Lanzer Museum (1993-2007), 12902 Ohio Route 18, east of Holgate, Ohio. In retirement, carpenter Lanzer spent 14 years building a 3/8-scale replica on his side yard.[https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/toledoblade/obituary.aspx?n=harold-w-lanzer&pid=157110242 Obituary:] "Harold W. Lanzer, 1925-2012," The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), April 19, 2012.{{efn|Harold W. Lanzer (2007): "Up here at the bank they have these calendars with the Independence Hall on them. I got the idea I could build an Independence Hall out here and then I would have a place to put that clock in and build my own museum. That is what I set out to do. I started with that in 1993 when I was 68 years old."Oral History: Harold and Marilyn Lanzer, interviewed by Charlotte Wangrin, 2007,[https://henrycountyhistory.org/2017/11/26/lanzer-harold-and-marilyn/] from Henry County, Ohio, Historical Society.}}
• Founding Fathers Museum (2014), Rapid City, South Dakota.{{Cite web |url=http://www.skiernews.com/2014-07-05_Phila-in-SD.JPG |title=Rapid City, South Dakota |access-date=2015-10-17 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101342/http://www.skiernews.com/2014-07-05_Phila-in-SD.JPG |url-status=dead }}
• (proposed) Center for Law and Liberty, Houston Baptist University, Houston, Texas. HBU is currently (2015), fund-raising to build an Independence Hall replica to house its law school.[http://www.hbulaw.org/independence-hall-project/ Independence Hall Project], from Houston Baptist University.

File:SSF City Hall.JPG|South San Francisco City Hall (1920), San Francisco, California

File:BakerLibrary.jpg|Baker Memorial Library (1928), Dartmouth College

File:Village Hall-Freeport, New York.jpg|Village Hall (1928), Freeport, New York

File:The Henry Ford 2011.jpg|Henry Ford Museum (1929), Dearborn, Michigan

File:Mercerlaw.jpg|Walter F. George School of Law (1932), Mercer University

File:East Quad at Brooklyn College (March 2009).jpg|LaGuardia Hall (1936), Brooklyn College

File:Howard University Founders Library.jpg|Founders Library (1937), Howard University

File:DraperHallBerea.jpg|Draper Hall (1938), Berea College

File:Miller Library, Colby College.jpg|Miller Library (1939), Colby College

File:Steeple at Bellarmine-Jefferson High School, Burbank, California.JPG|Bellarmine-Jefferson High School (1944), Burbank, California

File:Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library, Bucknell University (2008).jpg|Ellen Clarke Bertrand Library (1951), Bucknell University

File:Main St 76th Av td (2021-01-24) 04 - Queens County Savings Bank (75-44 Main Street).jpg|Queens County Savings Bank, Queens, New York City

File:Independence Hall construction, Knott's Berry Farm, 3-17-1966 (4724915732).jpg|Knott's Berry Farm replica under construction, March 1966

File:Liberty Bell replica at Knott's Berry Farm.jpg|Interior, Knott's Berry Farm (1966), Buena Park, California

File:Hall of Presidents MK.JPG|Hall of Presidents (1971), Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida

File:Mahler Student Center, Dallas Baptist University.jpg|Mahler Student Center (1992), Dallas Baptist University

• Pennsylvania Building (1893, demolished), World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois
• Pennsylvania Building (1907), Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia. Now part of Naval Station Norfolk
• Pennsylvania Pavilion (1939, demolished), New York World's Fair, Queens, New York City

File:Pennsylvania Building — Official Views Of The World's Columbian Exposition — 65.jpg|Pennsylvania Building (1893, demolished), 1893 World's Fair, Chicago

File:Pennsylvania House, Norfolk, 2024.jpg|Pennsylvania Building (1907), Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia

File:World's Fair. LOC gsc.5a30845.tif|Pennsylvania Pavilion (1939, demolished), 1939 New York World's Fair, Queens, New York City

Under the Works Progress Administration, Pennsylvania began the Museum Extension Project, which employed artists, architects, and craftsmen to create exhibits for the state's museums. Among the works produced were highly-detailed scale models of historic buildings. In anticipation of the September 1937 sesquicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, 2,600 painted plaster models of Independence Hall were mass-produced and shipped to schools and public buildings across the country.{{cite news|author=Curtis Miller|title=Art with a Purpose: Pennsylvania's Museum Extension Project, 1935–1943|work= Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine|date=Spring 2008|url=http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/pa-heritage/art-with-purpose-pennsylvania-museum-extension-project-1935-1943.html}}

• Independence Hall scale model {{Cite web |title=Pennsylvania: Models, Architectural] Independence Hall, 1737-1937: United States Constitution Celebration / Pennsylvania Historical Commission; [Museum Extension Project] |url=https://digitalarchives.broward.org/digital/collection/wpa/id/1078/ |website=Broward County Library}} (1937, painted plaster, WPA), Lobby, U.S. Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C.[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oTBFwED-u2E/SIKSZPt7jhI/AAAAAAAAAoM/ytXeq3VzjSw/s400/Independence-Hall-model-wpa-supreme-court.jpg Independence Hall scale model at the U.S. Supreme Court]
• Independence Hall 1:25-scale model, Minimundus, Klagenfurt, Austria. Minimundus is a miniature park of architectural models.
• Philly Mini Golf (2006), Franklin Square, 200 N. 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

File:Inde Hall Model 1937 FDR Library.jpg|WPA scale model (1937), painted plaster

File:Minumundus58.jpg|Minimundus, Klagenfurt, Austria, 1994

File:Minimundus58.jpg|Independence Hall sign at Minimundus (in German)

File:Franklin Square golf.png|Philly Mini Golf (2006), Franklin Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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• {{cite journal |last=Maass |first=John |date=April–June 1970 |title=Architecture & Americanism, or, Pastiches of Independence Hall |journal=Historic Preservation |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=17–25 |oclc=78188815}}
• {{cite book |last=Mires |first=Charlene |date=2002 |title=Independence Hall in American Memory |location=Philadelphia |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=0812236653 |oclc=49743696 |jstor=j.ctt189ttpq}}

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