What building, later renamed Independence Hall, hosted the adoption of the Declaration of Independence?

The Pennsylvania State House hosted the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and was later renamed Independence Hall.

The building stood in Philadelphia and served as the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress. On July 4, 1776, delegates adopted the Declaration there, making the site central to the America250 story.

The Pennsylvania State House was completed in the eighteenth century for the colonial legislature. Its Assembly Room later became famous as the room where the Declaration and, in 1787, the United States Constitution were debated.

The building acquired the name Independence Hall in the nineteenth century, reflecting its association with the independence movement. It is now part of Independence National Historical Park and is recognized as a major American historic landmark.