The Philadelphia-based American Bible Society will build a $60 million center devoted to the importance and influence of the Bible in American life across from Independence Mall.
The Faith & Liberty Discovery Center, which is scheduled to open in fall 2018, is expected to draw 250,000 visitors annually, said Roy Peterson, president and CEO of the American Bible Society, during a news conference Wednesday morning.
Paid for with private funding, the 40,000-square-foot center will be housed on the first floor of the Wells Fargo Building at Fifth and Market Streets.
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