The Pennsylvania State House hosted the Congress that adopted the Declaration during America250’s founding story.
The building stood in Philadelphia and contained the Assembly Room where the Second Continental Congress met. It is now known as Independence Hall, a name that reflects its later association with the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution.
The Second Continental Congress convened there beginning on May 10, 1775. On July 4, 1776, its delegates approved the final wording of the Declaration. The building therefore became one of the most important locations in the American founding story, although Congress temporarily moved to other cities during the Revolutionary War when military conditions required it.
Carpenter’s Hall is a common mix-up because it hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774. Congress Hall is also nearby in Philadelphia but belongs to a later period. The specific historical answer for the Second Continental Congress’s main meeting place in 1776 is Pennsylvania State House.