In the United States Declaration of Independence, where did the Second Continental Congress meet when it adopted the document?

The Second Continental Congress met at the Pennsylvania State House when it adopted the United States Declaration of Independence.

The Pennsylvania State House stood in Philadelphia and was later renamed Independence Hall. Congress used the building during the Revolutionary era, including the debates and votes that led to independence from Great Britain.

The name Independence Hall became closely associated with the founding of the United States because the Declaration was adopted there and the Constitutional Convention later met there in 1787. That connection makes the building an especially important site during America250 observances.

A common mix-up is Carpenters’ Hall, which hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774. Faneuil Hall is another famous colonial meeting place, but it is in Boston and was not the location where Congress adopted the Declaration.