they still were very important contractors, but they became more businessmen contractors rather -toolactual hand-in builders. and that continued on for, to t oday, because the company today, the members of the company are architects, contractors, engineers, and not a one of them served in a punishable as a carpenter. so, -- an apprenticeship as a carpenter. that organization today is something that has evolved, and there have only been about 900 members in the nearly 300 year history of the company. so, they appear in virtually every major event in the history of philadelphia, right from the earliest founding through to the revolution, where almost to then, served in american army building defenses. they were very good at artillery, and many of them became officers and the artillery regiments. so, the whole history of the company is very rich. and not generally well known. carpenters' hall is important architecturally as well as politically and socially. 1770as built, designed in the by robert smith. now, robert smith was perhaps the first proto architect in america. he was raised in scotla