Independence National Historical Park Awarded $22.2 Million in Federal Funding to Rehabilitate Historic First Bank of the United States
Independence National Historical Park (INHP) has been awarded $22.2 million in federal funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund, to help rehabilitate the landmark First Bank of the United States building constructed in Philadelphia in the 1790s, with the intention to transform it into an interactive museum.
- Independence National Historical Park (INHP) has been awarded $22.2 million in federal funding from the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund, to help rehabilitate the landmark First Bank of the United States building constructed in Philadelphia in the 1790s, with the intention to transform it into an interactive museum.
- The First Bank of the United States was a central part of Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's vision to create a national financial system that would knit together the economies of the 13 newly independent states.
- The First Bank building is one of the first federal buildings constructed by the U.S. government and sits a mere 1,000 feet from Independence Hall.
- With funding secured for the rehabilitation, the INHP and the Trust aim to open the First Bank by the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States in 2026.