701248 Independence Hall, Chestnut Street, South Side between 5th and 6th Streets, 1898 (b/w photo) by Shields, James (19th Century); Free Library of Philadelphia; (add.info.: Independence Hall is the centrepiece of Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. It is known primarily as the location where both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were debated and adopted. The building was completed in 1753 as the colonial legislature (later Pennsylvania State House) for the Province of Pennsylvania. It became the principal meeting place of the Second Continental Congress from 1775 to 1783 and was the site of the Constitutional Convention in the summer of 1787. The building is part of Independence National Historical Park and is listed as a World Heritage Site. Independence Hall was built between 1732 and 1753, designed by Edmund Woolley and Andrew Hamilton, and built by Woolley.); 穢 Free Library of Philadelphia ; American, out of copyright.