At which building, later renamed Independence Hall, was the engrossed Declaration of Independence signed?

The engrossed Declaration of Independence was signed at the Pennsylvania State House, later renamed Independence Hall.

The building stood in Philadelphia and served as the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress. The principal signing of the parchment declaration is generally placed on August 2, 1776, although the Declaration had already been adopted on July 4.

The Pennsylvania State House became known as Independence Hall because of its association with both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution. The Constitution was drafted there in 1787 by the Constitutional Convention, making the building central to two foundational moments in United States history.

Philadelphia hosted several revolutionary-era institutions and meetings, so it can be confused with other nearby sites such as Carpenters’ Hall. Carpenters’ Hall hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774, but it was not the principal signing location for the Declaration.