What building, now called Independence Hall, hosted the main signing of the United States Declaration of Independence?

The Pennsylvania State House hosted the main signing of the United States Declaration of Independence.

The building stood in Philadelphia and served as the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress. It was later renamed Independence Hall because of its association with the Declaration and the founding of the United States. The main signing occurred there on August 2, 1776.

Independence Hall is also closely connected with the United States Constitution. The Constitutional Convention met in the same building in 1787, making the site important to both independence and the creation of the federal government. Today it is part of Independence National Historical Park.

Visitors sometimes confuse it with Carpenters’ Hall, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774, or Federal Hall in New York City, where George Washington was inaugurated in 1789. Those buildings played important roles, but neither hosted the main Declaration signing.