What was the Liberty Bell originally called before its later abolitionist-era name?

The Liberty Bell was originally called the State House Bell.

The bell was commissioned in 1751 by the Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly for the Pennsylvania State House, now known as Independence Hall, in Philadelphia. It was cast in London by Lester and Pack and arrived in Philadelphia in 1752. John Pass and John Stow later recast it after it cracked during testing.

The name “Liberty Bell” became common much later. Members of the American abolitionist movement adopted the bell as a symbol and used that name in the 1830s and 1840s. Its famous inscription comes from Leviticus 25:10: “Proclaim LIBERTY Throughout all the Land unto all the Inhabitants Thereof.”

A popular story says the bell rang for the public reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776. Historians consider that possible, but no contemporary account confirms it.