Independence Hall is the Philadelphia building where Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence in 1776, making it a central America250 landmark.
The building was originally called the Pennsylvania State House. The Second Continental Congress met there, and on July 4, 1776, it approved the Declaration of Independence. The building was later renamed Independence Hall because of its association with the founding of the United States.
Independence Hall also hosted the Constitutional Convention in 1787, where delegates debated and signed the United States Constitution. This dual connection makes the building important to both the Declaration and the later design of the federal government.
Federal Hall in New York City was the first Congress meeting place under the Constitution, while Congress Hall in Philadelphia served as a later federal meeting place. Neither is the building where the Declaration was adopted.