In the 1700's it wasn't Independence Hall, but the state house. It would have been paid for by the colony and the crown.
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The Independence Hall is this building in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, is sometimes called the "birthplace of the United States." Both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed in the Independence Hall. In 1776 the Liberty Bell was rung from the bell tower. It called the reading of the Declaration of Independence.
The Constitution was written in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Was the declaration of Independence in declaration hall.....declaration hall doesnt exist. Its independence hall you are thinking of. And yes it was created and signed there.
It was the Pennsylvania State House, also known as the Old State House, built in 1753 to house the Pennsylvania legislature. [Edit] Also commonly referred to as the "Shrine of Independence"
The hall measures 106 feet and 10 ½ inches in length; it is 44 feet and 7 ¼ inches in width. The highest point of the building is the top of the steeple spire which is 168 feet and 7 ¼ inches off of the ground.