Which building is now famous as the site where the Declaration of Independence was adopted?

Independence Hall is the building where the Declaration of Independence was adopted.

The Philadelphia building was completed in 1753 as the Pennsylvania State House. It became known as Independence Hall because of its association with the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, both of which were debated there.

The Second Continental Congress used the building during the Revolutionary era. Delegates approved the Declaration in 1776, and the Constitutional Convention met there in 1787 to draft the Constitution. The building’s Assembly Room remains the best-known interior connected with both events.

Independence Hall is sometimes confused with nearby Congress Hall or with Carpenters’ Hall, where the First Continental Congress met in 1774. It is also distinct from the Liberty Bell Center, which displays the famous bell in a separate nearby facility.