Faneuil Hall

Faneuil Hall is identified by the golden grasshopper weathervane that sits atop its roof, a copper icon crafted by the artisan Shem Drowne in the eighteenth century. Completed in seventeen forty-two, the building was gifted to the city of Boston by the wealthy merchant Peter Faneuil to serve as a dual-purpose structure: a public market on the ground floor and a town meeting space above.