What was the original name of the building now called Independence Hall during the 1776 Declaration debate?

The building now called Independence Hall was originally the Pennsylvania State House during the 1776 Declaration debate.

The Pennsylvania State House was completed in Philadelphia in the eighteenth century and served as the meeting place of Pennsylvania’s colonial legislature. During the American Revolution, the Second Continental Congress used its Assembly Room, where delegates debated and adopted the Declaration of Independence.

The same building also hosted the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Delegates there drafted the United States Constitution, making the site central to both the Declaration and the later creation of the federal government. Its historic importance led to the name Independence Hall.

Congress Hall is a nearby Philadelphia building that later housed the U.S. Congress. Carpenters’ Hall hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774. These locations are associated with the founding era, but they are not the original name of Independence Hall.