Independence Hall. Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia,...

Independence Hall

Independence Hall is a U.S. national landmark located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets.

•Independence Hall is a red brick building, built between 1732 and 1753.• Designed in the Georgian style by Edmund Woolley and Andrew Hamilton, and built by Woolley.

•Two smaller buildings adjoin Independence Hall: Old City Hall to the east, and Congress Hall to the west.

Old City Hall

Congress Hall

These three buildings are together on a city block known as Independence Square, along with Philosophical Hall, the original home of the American Philosophical Society.

•Liberty BellThe bell tower steeple of Independence Hall was the original home of the "Liberty Bell" and today it holds a "Centennial Bell" that was created for the United States Centennial Exposition in 1876.

The bell tower a top Independence Hall, formerly home to the Liberty Bell.

•The original Liberty Bell, with its distinctive crack, is now on display across the street in the Liberty Bell Center.

Liberty Bell

•From 1775 to 1783, Independence Hall served as the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress, a body of representatives from each of the thirteen British North American colonies.

•The United States Declaration of Independence was approved in Independence Hall on July 4, 1776, and the Declaration was read aloud to the public in the area now known as Independence Square.

The United States Declaration of Independence

•Also The United States Constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787, by the Constitutional Convention in Independence Hall. Independence Hall's Assembly

Room, in which both the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were drafted and signed.

•Independence Hall has been used in more recent times as the staging ground for protests because of its symbolic history in support of democratic and civil rights movements. Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell are now protected in a secure zone with entry at security screening buildings.

George Washington statue in front of Independence Hall.