The Pennsylvania State House was later renamed Independence Hall.
The Philadelphia building served as the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress when it adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was also the site where the United States Constitution was debated and signed in 1787.
The building originally carried the name Pennsylvania State House because it housed Pennsylvania’s colonial legislature. Its later name emphasizes its association with the founding of the United States and the independence movement.
Independence Hall stands in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park. It is part of a wider historic district that includes the Liberty Bell and other sites connected with the Revolutionary era.