In which Philadelphia building was the Declaration of Independence signed?

The Declaration of Independence was signed in Independence Hall, the Philadelphia building formerly known as the Pennsylvania State House.

The Second Continental Congress met there during the American Revolution. On July 4, 1776, Congress approved the Declaration’s final text in the building’s Assembly Room. The document was then prepared as an engrossed parchment, and the delegates’ principal signing took place on August 2, although some signatures may have been added later.

Independence Hall was not originally called by that name. Pennsylvania’s colonial government completed the State House in 1753, and the building acquired its famous modern name after the Revolution. It also hosted the Constitutional Convention from May to September 1787, where delegates drafted the U.S. Constitution.

Carpenters’ Hall is a common mix-up because the First Continental Congress met there in 1774. Congress Hall, meanwhile, served as the temporary U.S. Capitol from 1790 to 1800, while Old City Hall was associated with the federal judiciary.