pc 8164 Old State House Rhode Islands Independence Hall It was here that RI claimed leadership By denouncing British rule May 4, 1776 Built by the Colony 1760 to 1762 Used as a Court House Used as a State House until 1900 Historical reminder of when RI had two Capitols Commerative tablet states that House of Deputies in this room passed House of Magistrates the same day concurring The act constituting Rhode Island The First Free and Independent Republic in America Asserting her absolute independence of England Two months before the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia Tablet placed by the Independence Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution May 4 in 1913 Providence RI Postcard Collection State House Providence