In 1889, the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia awarded the John Scott Legacy Medal to Van Kannel for his contribution to society.[10] In 1899, the world’s first wooden revolving door was installed at Rector’s, a restaurant on Times Square in Manhattan, located on Broadway between West 43rd and 44th Streets.[11] In 2007 Theophilus Van Kannel was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for this invention.[12]