What was the Pennsylvania State House renamed after the American Revolution?

The Pennsylvania State House was renamed Independence Hall after the American Revolution.

The building in Philadelphia was completed in 1753 as the meeting place of Pennsylvania’s colonial legislature. During the revolutionary era, it became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress. Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence there on July 4, 1776, and the Constitutional Convention met there in 1787.

The name Independence Hall became established in the nineteenth century, reflecting the building’s association with the Declaration and the founding of the United States. Its original name, the Pennsylvania State House, is still important because many eighteenth-century records use it.

Independence Hall is commonly confused with the Liberty Bell Center, which is nearby but is a separate building. The Liberty Bell originally hung in the State House steeple. Today, both sites form part of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia.