Faneuil Hall in Boston was designed by John Smibert, the only building he designed, and Charles Bulfinch expanded it in 1806. The merchant and slave trader Peter Faneuil offered the building to the town as a market, and the town accepted by a vote of 367 to 360 in 1740. The infobox and text agree on 1742. It was substantially complete in August 1742 and opened on September 10.
The article calls the style early Georgian. It is red brick in Flemish bond with a slate gable roof, limestone and brownstone trim, and a steel cupola rebuilt in the 1890s. It has four stories including the attic. The market floor is 76 by 100 feet.
It burned in 1761 and was rebuilt, fireproofed in 1898 to 1899 and renovated in 1923 to 1925. It became Faneuil Hall Marketplace in the 1970s. A slavery exhibit opened in 2023. The article gives no hours or admission.
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