Faneuil Hall - 18th-century marketplace and meeting hall

Built in 1742 as a marketplace with an upstairs meeting hall, Faneuil Hall served as a central site for public meetings and speeches during the colonial period and is often called the 'Cradle of Liberty.' The building is a National Historic Landmark and today forms the historic core of the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, combining retail space with the preserved meeting hall used for historical interpretation. Its historical role in civic discourse distinguishes it among Boston's colonial-era buildings.