Which building in Philadelphia was renamed Independence Hall after American independence?

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Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania State House was renamed Independence Hall after American independence.

The building was completed in 1753 as the seat of Pennsylvania’s colonial government. The Second Continental Congress met there during the Revolutionary period, and the building became the setting for debates over independence.

Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence there on July 4, 1776. The Constitutional Convention also met in the same building in 1787, making it central to both the founding declaration and the later federal Constitution.

The name Independence Hall became associated with the building after the American Revolution. Its Assembly Room contains artifacts connected with the founding era, while the nearby Liberty Bell Center houses the famous bell commissioned for the State House.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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