Which building housed the Second Continental Congress when it adopted the Declaration of Independence?

The Pennsylvania State House housed the Second Continental Congress when it adopted the Declaration of Independence.

The building stood in Philadelphia and served as the meeting place where Congress debated and approved the Declaration in 1776. It was also used during the Constitutional Convention in 1787, linking the Declaration's revolutionary era with the later creation of the U.S. Constitution.

The Pennsylvania State House was later renamed Independence Hall. Its central Assembly Room is associated with major founding events, including the reading and signing traditions surrounding the Declaration and the drafting of the Constitution. The building is now part of Independence National Historical Park.

Several historic buildings are easily confused with it. Federal Hall in New York City hosted the first U.S. Congress under the Constitution, while Carpenters’ Hall hosted the First Continental Congress in 1774. Independence Hall is specifically the former Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.