Carpenters' Hall of Philadelphia
Carpenters' Hall is a treasure in historic Philadelphia. It hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774 and was home to Franklin's Library Company, The American Philosophical Society, and the First and Second Banks of the United States. For upcoming events and public programming, please click here.
upcoming event: ROBERT SMITH’s BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AND SCHOLARSHIP FUNDRAISER
Tuesday, January 14th, 5:30pm to 8:30pm
Carpenters’ Hall, 320 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia
Jointly hosted by the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia and the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia, we invite you to join us for a festive, Scottish-themed celebration of the anniversary of Robert Smith's birth. Enjoy Scottish music and dance and of course Scotch whisky, courtesy of ImpEx Beverages, Inc.! This event is graciously sponsored by Hensel Phelps Construction.
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Robert Smith was Colonial America's leading architect and builder. He was born on January 14, 1722, in Dalkeith, Scotland. His extant work in Philadelphia includes Carpenters' Hall, the Powel House, St. Peter's Church and the steeple of Christ Church, and he also built Nassau Hall in Princeton and the Public Hospital in Williamsburg, among many others.
Proceeds from this event go towards the Robert Smith Memorial Scholarship. Launched in 2024 in partnership with the St. Andrew’s Society of Philadelphia, the scholarship awards an annual scholarship to a student in the traditional building trades. We will be awarding the inaugural winner of this scholarship during this event.
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THE Carpenters' CoMPANY
Set humbly back from Chestnut Street, the Hall has been continuously owned and operated by The Carpenters' Company
of the City and County of Philadelphia, the oldest craft guild in America, since 1770.
Tuesday tea at carpenters’ hall
Enjoy afternoon tea in the historic interior of Carpenters’ Hall. Join Dolley Todd Madison, wife of President James Madison and the new nation’s most gracious hostess, who will describe the important role tea played in the colonial economy and, indeed, in the American Revolution itself… learn more here.
Tickets now available for purchase.
RENT THE HALL
Carpenters' Hall can accommodate events for up to 125 guests. The Hall is open to the public from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Tuesday through Sunday and cannot be rented during those hours.
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after hours whisky tours
Join us at Carpenters’ Hall for private, after-hours tour. This is an exclusive tour where you will have the opportunity to see the second-floor, which is off limits to regular visitors, as well as a special exhibit.
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OPEN to THE PUBLIC
Today, Carpenters' Hall is free to the public and welcomes over 150,000 world-wide visitors to this wonderful Georgian building. Admission has been complimentary since 1857, when it became the first privately owned American building to be opened as a historic monument.
