[Illustration: _Plan showing use of Independence Hall by the City of Philadelphia and the Federal Courts._ From _Philadelphia in 1824_. Courtesy American Philosophical Society.] PLAN OF THE STATE HOUSE. Second Floor {East Wing} Common Council Select Council Watering Committee Grand Jury Room Guardians of the Poor White Witness Room Black Witness Room Prothonotary office for the District of the City & County MUSEUM Mammoth Room Lecture Room Quadruped Room Stairs to the Marine Room Long Room Clerk of the U. S. Court Marshalls Office County Commissioners Auditors Office {West Wing} Circuit Court Controller of Public Schools Law Library Supreme Court First Floor {East Wing} Mayors Office Mayors’ Private Room City Comm^s City Treas^r Clerk of the Mayors Court Recorder of Deeds Register of Wills. Prothonotary of Supr^e Court Court Room Entrance to the Museum &c. Mayors Court. Prothonotary of Com^n Pleas Sheriffs Office Clerk of Orphans Court Clerk of Quarter-Sessions {West Wing} Common Pleas District Court After Peale’s museum moved from the State House in 1827-28, the second floor was rented to the United States Government for judicial purposes. Alterations were made under the direction of the architect, John Haviland, to adapt the space for its new use. The long room was again obliterated, and the western portion of the upper floor was made into one large room for the use of the United States Circuit and District Courts. The partitions in the eastern portion apparently were retained; the northern room became the jury room for the court and the southern room, the office of its clerk. This occupancy of the State House by Federal courts continued until 1854. Consolidation of the city and districts in that year made more room necessary for city offices, and the Federal courts were forced to move. Their place was taken over by City Councils. The court room on the west was occupied by the Common Council. On the east, the partition between the former offices of the court clerks was removed, and a single room was fitted for the Select Council. These Councils occupied the upper floor until 1895. [Illustration: _Independence Square (State House Garden) in 1800, showing brick wall and high gate at Walnut Street._ Engraved by William Birch, 1800. Courtesy Philadelphia Free Library.] _Independence Square_