Carpenter's Hall

The First Continental Congress met here in 1774, when delegates from 12 colonies gathered to plan their resistance to Britain. The Georgian building is well-preserved and sits in Independence National Historical Park.

Carpenter's Hall was built in 1770 for the Carpenters' Company of Philadelphia, the oldest surviving craft corporation in America. This two-story brick meeting hall hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774 and served as a hospital and arsenal during the Revolutionary War. The very walls that witnessed the birth of American independence also harbored wartime suffering and death.

Given the hall's crucial role in Revolutionary history, paranormal investigators believe spirits of those who shaped the nation still gather here. Tour guides and visitors report strange sounds echoing through the halls, mysterious smells with no apparent source, and even phantom footprints appearing on floors. The building where delegates debated the future of the colonies seems to retain echoes of those passionate deliberations.

Carpenter's Hall is part of Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park, within walking distance of other haunted Revolutionary sites including Independence Hall, where Benjamin Franklin's ghost is frequently spotted, and Fort Mifflin, considered one of the most haunted places in America. Ghost tours frequently stop at Carpenter's Hall to share stories of the ghostly figures who still seem to linger among these colonial walls.