Independence Hall, originally called the Pennsylvania State House, hosted the Congress that adopted the Declaration.
The building stands in Philadelphia and served as the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress during the decisive summer of 1776. Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence there on July 4. The same building later hosted the Constitutional Convention in 1787, linking the Declaration and Constitution in American historical memory.
The name Independence Hall became common after the American Revolution. During the colonial period, the building was known as the Pennsylvania State House because it housed Pennsylvania’s provincial and later state government. Its central assembly room is associated with the debates and votes of the founding era.
The site is now part of Independence National Historical Park and is preserved as a major historic landmark. It is sometimes confused with nearby Congress Hall, which served as the meeting place of the United States Congress from 1790 to 1800.