Friday, December 4, 2015
American Express Gives Federal Hall Grant For Restoration Work; Building Declared 'National Treasure'
One of America's most iconic but oft forgotten monuments is getting much needed repair work to restore it back to its former glory.
American Express has made a grant of $300,000 to restore and repoint the deteriorating steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial, located on Wall Street. In coordination with the grant, the National Trust for Historic Preservation declared the building as one of the country's National Treasures, placing it in an elite club of buildings and monuments nationwide . . .