shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileUnited States

on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia's Old City

Independence Hall

Name: Independence Hall — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— — the red brick room a country came out of.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand

— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines

— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall

— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround

— a note from the studio

“The red brick state house on Chestnut Street where, in two separate summers eleven years apart, the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were signed. The Assembly Room inside has been restored to its 1776 condition, down to the rising-sun chair behind the central table. Park rangers still bring people through it most days of the year.

from the studio

— bring it home

Independence Hall, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Independence Hall

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

Independence Hall stands on Chestnut Street in Philadelphia's Old City, between Fifth and Sixth, on the north side of Independence Square. Built between 1732 and 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House, it was designed by lawyer-architect Andrew Hamilton and master builder Edmund Woolley in Georgian style. The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence here on July 4, 1776, and the Constitutional Convention signed the United States Constitution here on September 17, 1787. The building was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

— informed by National Park Service, UNESCO

— the stone

The walls are red brick from local Philadelphia clay, laid in Flemish bond with grey-painted wood trim and a marble water table at the base. The central tower rose in 1753 to hold the Liberty Bell, which now sits in a glass pavilion across Chestnut Street. Restoration work in the 1950s and 1960s by the National Park Service stripped later additions and returned the Assembly Room to its 1776 layout, including the Rittenhouse silver inkstand on the central table and the chair George Washington used through the 1787 Convention.

— informed by National Park Service

— the visit

Independence Hall is open through the year and managed by Independence National Historical Park. Entry is free, but timed tickets are required from March through December; visitors collect them at the Independence Visitor Center across Sixth Street or reserve them in advance through recreation.gov. Ranger-led tours of the Assembly Room and the courtroom run continuously through the day in 15 to 20 minute slots. The Liberty Bell Center and the Benjamin Franklin Museum sit a short walk away inside the same park.

— informed by NPS visitor info

— where

United States · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

— within

Independence National Historical Park

— position

39.9489° N · 75.1500° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

0.1 km N

Liberty Bell Center

national monument

0.1 km W

Congress Hall

early Capitol building

0.3 km E

Carpenters' Hall

First Continental Congress site

0.4 km NE

Benjamin Franklin Museum

museum and print shop

0.5 km E

Old City

historic neighborhood

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell Center

Congress Hall

Carpenters' Hall

Benjamin Franklin Museum

Old City

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Independence Hall — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Two of the founding documents of the United States were signed inside the Assembly Room: the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787.

No. The Liberty Bell was moved across Chestnut Street to the Liberty Bell Center in 2003. It hung in the tower of Independence Hall from 1753 until cracking irreparably in the early nineteenth century.

The State House was designed by Andrew Hamilton, a Philadelphia lawyer, and built between 1732 and 1753 under master carpenter Edmund Woolley. The brickwork is laid in Flemish bond, the prestige pattern of the colonial period.

Yes from March through December. Timed entry tickets are free and available at the Independence Visitor Center across Sixth Street, or in advance through recreation.gov. January and February usually run on walk-up entry.

It was inscribed in 1979 for its role in the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, documents UNESCO described as having inspired comparable charters of human rights around the world.

— about the piece in your home

It carries well for someone who grew up in the city or studied at one of its universities. A Small or Medium sits naturally in a study or above a desk and reads as Philadelphia at a glance.

The deep brick reds and inked window blacks read well in American Traditional, Library Modern, and Heritage-Coastal rooms. The piece anchors a wall of dark wood or holds its own above a leather chair.

A single Large carries a six-foot sofa or a console; a 4-tile Mural reads cleanly across a longer wall; a 9-tile Mural opens the State House at full scale, well suited to a library or an entry hall.

Yes. For those rooms order the Dura Satin or Matte finish. The colour is slowly infused into the ceramic surface and lives in the body of the tile, so it handles splashes, steam, and morning sun.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is painted in our studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, in our stained-glass and alcohol-ink visual language. Nothing is licensed in. Reid chooses each place that enters the atlas.

— if this one stayed with you

A few you might also love.

Hand-picked by the eye that found Sorapis. Same air, same kind of quiet.