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Second Bank of the United States and the National

420 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States



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Second Bank of the United States and the National Portrait Gallery: This Greek-Revival building with its marble columns was opened in 1824 as the Second Bank of the United States under a 20-year Act of Congress. Subsequently this structure was the Philadelphia Custom House and now has within its walls the exhibit “Philadelphia, Portraits of the Capital City.” Portraits of delegates to the Continental Congress, signers of the Constitution, and the officers of the Revolution and the War of 1812 hang there. One of the galleries has a collection of street scenes and portraits of life in the Federal period in Philadelphia.

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