Independence Hall is the principal historic site associated with the Declaration and America250.
The building in Philadelphia was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House. The Second Continental Congress met there during the Revolutionary War and adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Delegates also met in the building to debate and sign the United States Constitution in 1787.
Its name changed over time. “Independence Hall” became the familiar name because of its association with the Declaration and the nation’s founding. The building is part of Independence National Historical Park and is preserved as a major American historic landmark.
Federal Hall in New York City is associated with George Washington’s first presidential inauguration under the Constitution. Faneuil Hall is in Boston, while Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774. Those sites matter to American history but are not the principal building linked to both founding documents.