The Pennsylvania State House where the Declaration of Independence was adopted is now called Independence Hall.
The building stands in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park. It served as the meeting place of the Second Continental Congress when delegates debated and approved the Declaration in 1776. The Constitutional Convention also met there in 1787 and produced the United States Constitution.
The name Independence Hall became established after the American Revolution, reflecting the building’s association with the independence movement. Its earlier official name, the Pennsylvania State House, describes its original role as the seat of Pennsylvania’s colonial legislature.
Visitors sometimes confuse Independence Hall with nearby Congress Hall or the Liberty Bell Center. Congress Hall was a separate building used by the federal government in the 1790s, while the Liberty Bell was displayed in the State House before moving through several locations. Independence Hall is the specific building linked to the 1776 congressional adoption.