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Independence Hall
It was constructed 1733-56 to serve as the State House for the colony of Pennsylvania. The building is most widely known for the events that occurred in the assembly room where the Second Continental Congress signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and in 1781 received ratification for the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first comprehensive frame of government.
- Time to build: 1733–1756, per the HABS significance statement
Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division. Library of Congress item. Full drawing: North Elevation at loc.gov. No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted.