| "Henry Fite House" (later Tavern/Hotel) | |
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 Henry Fite House in Baltimore | |
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| Alternative names | Congress Hall Old Congress Hall |
| General information | |
| Type | tavern |
| Architectural style | Georgian (red brick with white wood trim) |
| Location | Southwest corner, West Baltimore (then known as Market) Street, and Liberty - South Sharp Streets, (later also known as Hopkins Place) |
| Address | (current site): Baltimore Civic Center [1962], (now CFG Bank Arena) |
| Town or city | Baltimore Town, county seat of Baltimore County, |
| Country | U.S. |
| Coordinates | 39°17′19″N 76°37′8″W / 39.28861°N 76.61889°W |
| Current tenants | burned by fire |
| Completed | c. 1770 |
| Destroyed | Sunday/Monday, February 7–8, 1904, Great Baltimore Fire |
| Owner | Henry Fite, (1722–1789), later: daughter, Elizabeth Fite Reinicker |
| Height | three-and-half stories |
| Dimensions | |
| Other dimensions | 92 ft. X 50/55 ft. |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 3 plus attic and cellar |
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The "Henry Fite House", located on West Baltimore Street (then known as Market Street), between South Sharp and North Liberty Streets, later known as Hopkins Place, in Baltimore, Maryland, was the meeting site of the Second Continental Congress from December 20, 1776 until February 22, 1777.[1]
Built as an inn and tavern around 1770 in the Georgian architectural style in red brick with white wood trim by Henry Fite (1722–1789), the building became known as "Congress Hall" when it served for two months as the new nation's seat of government in 1776–77. Later, following the Revolutionary War, it became known locally as "Old Congress Hall". The structure was destroyed during the Great Baltimore Fire of February 7–8, 1904, which started nearby.[2]
- ^ "Henry Fite's House, Baltimore". U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
- ^ Elizabeth Mitchell Stephenson Fite (1907). The biographical and genealogical records of the Fite families in the United States. The Greenwich Printing Company, New York. pp. 106–112. Retrieved 2011-03-23.
Henry Fite house.