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First State Capitol, 1820-1823 IL83 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
FIRST STATE CAPITOL
1820 ~ 1823
The first capitol building owned by the State was erected on this site. It was a thirty by forty feet two-story frame structure. The Second and Third Illinois General Assemblies met here, the House on the first floor and the Senate on the second. This building was destroyed by fire on December 9, 1823.
The Illinois State Historical Society, 1954.
5th St. & Johnson St., Vandalia Fayette County Illinois
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