What was Independence Hall called when the Declaration and Constitution were debated there, according to America250 history?

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Independence Hall was called the Pennsylvania State House when the Declaration and Constitution were debated there, according to America250 history.

The Georgian building in Philadelphia was completed in 1753 as the seat of Pennsylvania’s colonial government. The Second Continental Congress met there during the Revolutionary War, and Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in the building on July 4, 1776.

The Constitutional Convention also met there from May to September 1787. The building acquired the name Independence Hall during the nineteenth century, after the events associated with American independence had made it a national symbol. It is part of Independence National Historical Park and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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