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Encyclopedia > Illinois State Capitol
The Sixth Illinois Capitol
The Sixth Illinois Capitol

The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The current building is the sixth capitol to serve the state since its entry into the United States in 1818. The current capitol is in the architectural style of the French Renaissance. The capitol was designed by Cochrane and Garnsey, an architecture and design firm based in Chicago, Illinois. Ground was first broken for the new capitol on March 11, 1868, and it was completed twenty years later for a total cost of $4,500,000. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 384 KB) Capitol of Illinois in Springfield, front view. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 384 KB) Capitol of Illinois in Springfield, front view. ... : Home of President Abraham Lincoln United States Illinois Sangamon 60. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... This article is about the cultural movement known as the French Renaissance. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ...

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With a total ground height of 361 feet (110 meters), the Illinois capitol is the tallest non-skyscraper capitol, even exceeding the height of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. The only state capitols taller than it are the non-classical designs found in Louisiana and Nebraska, which opted for more modern buildings for their current capitols. The dome itself is 92.5 feet (28.2 meters) wide, and is supported by solid bedrock, 25.5 feet (7.77 meters) below the surface. The building itself is shaped like a Latin cross aligned to the major points of the compass, and measures 379 feet (116 meters) from the north end to the south end, and 268 feet (81.7 meters) from the east end to the west end. The capitol occupies a nine acre plot of land which forms the capitol grounds. A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Louisiana State Capitol The Louisiana State Capitol building is the capitol building of the state of Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge. ... The Nebraska State Capitol The Nebraska State Capitol (aka The Tower on the Plain), located in Lincoln, Nebraska, is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska. ... An acre is the name of a unit of area in a number of different systems, including Imperial units and United States customary units. ...

Detail of the Capitol Dome
Detail of the Capitol Dome
  • Interestingly enough, when the capital was created several empty shafts were included for the future installation of elevators. Installation of the elevators began in 1887. The original models were water operated and often the subject of ridicule in local papers as they were deemed inadequate for a building with the stature and prominence of the State Capitol. It is unknown when the first electric elevators were installed, but the first mention of them occurs in 1939, when the legislature appropriated $30,000 for repair of the electric elevators.

The capitol dome is plated in zinc to provide a silver facade which does not weather (a feature popular in Europe at the time of its construction). The interior of the dome features a Plaster Frieze, painted to resemble bronze, which illustrates points in Illinois history, and stained glass windows, including a stained glass replica of the state flag at the pinnacle of the dome.[1] The flag featured in the top of the dome is the flag flown by Illinois prior to the Civil War. It differs from the modern flag in that the phrase "State Sovereignty" is above the phrase "National Union". After the Civil War the legislature voted to reverse these phrases as they felt that National Union was the more important of these two concepts. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 413 KB) Detail on the Illinois Capitol dome. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 413 KB) Detail on the Illinois Capitol dome. ... A set of lifts in the lower level of a London Underground station. ... 1887 (MDCCCLXXXVII) is a common year starting on Saturday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. ... Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Name, Symbol, Number zinc, Zn, 30 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 12, 4, d Appearance bluish pale gray Standard atomic weight 65. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ... Frieze of the Tower of the Winds. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

History of the Capitol Location

The Fifth Capitol of Illinois

The current Capitol of Illinois is the sixth such capitol in the history of the state. The first was located in Kaskaskia, Illinois, a city on the Mississippi River founded by the French in 1709. Kaskaskia had served as the territorial capital of Illinois since 1809, so it was deemed an appropriate location for the capital of the fledgling state. The first capitol building was rented by the state and was by all accounts a simple two-story building which the state leased for $4.00 a day. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 350 KB) Old Illinois Capitol in Springfield. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 350 KB) Old Illinois Capitol in Springfield. ... Kaskaskia is a village located in Randolph County, Illinois. ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... // Events January 12 - Two-month freezing period begins in France - The coast of the Atlantic and Seine River freeze, crops fail and at least 24. ... Year 1809 (MDCCCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...


Wishing to site the capital in the state's interior, the first General Assembly petitioned Congress for a grant of suitable land. Congress offered, and the state accepted, a land parcel on the Kaskaskia River around eighty miles northeast of Kaskaskia. This location, which would be named Vandalia, Illinois, was selected in part with the hopes of encouraging settlers to move to other parts of the state which were still uninhabited. The state lets its lease on the first capital in Kaskaskia expire, and the building burned in 1824. The Kaskaskia River is a tributary of the Mississippi River, approximately 320 mi (515 km) long, in central and southern Illinois in the United States. ... Madonna of the Trail statue in front of the Vandalia State House. ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...


In 1820, with the completion of the new or 'Second' capitol, Vandalia, Illinois became the capital of the state. (In 1881 this decision to move the capital became wise in hindsight, as Kaskaskia was destroyed by a sudden change in the course of the Mississippi River.) A third capitol was soon erected for a cost of $15,000. Soon after its erection, calls began to echo around the state to move the capitol to a location nearer the center of the state. A bill introduced in 1833 calling for a statewide vote to move the capital to determine a new location from a list of central choices including Alton, Jacksonville, Peoria, Springfield, Vandalia, and the state's actual geographic center. While Alton emerged as the victor the legislature determined the slim margin too small to be conclusive and the vote was aborted. In 1836, a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln began to push the notion of moving the capitol to Springfield, Illinois along with other colleagues of his in the legal profession. That summer the third capitol was torn down and replaced with the fourth capitol (built at a cost of $16,000) in an effort to keep the capitol in Vandalia. Although the new brick structure was extravagant, the General Assembly ignored the gesture and sided with Lincoln voting to move the Capitol to Springfield on February 25, 1837. 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Madonna of the Trail statue in front of the Vandalia State House. ... Year 1881 (MDCCCLXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... For the river in Canada, see Mississippi River (Ontario). ... Year 1833 (MDCCCXXXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... : Home of President Abraham Lincoln United States Illinois Sangamon 60. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

The Illinois Capitol
The Illinois Capitol

On July 4, 1837, the first brick was laid for Illinois' fifth capitol. In 1853, the capitol was completed for a total sum of $260,000 almost twenty times the cost of any previous structure. The building was designed in the Greek Revival style from stone quarried six miles from the site. For many years it was the largest and most extravagant capitol of the western frontier of the United States. The fifth capitol is considered by many to be Lincoln's capitol as it was here that he argued cases before the Illinois Supreme Court, here that he served in the state legislature, here that he first confronted Stephen Douglas, and here where he delivered his famous "A House Divided" speech. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 374 KB) Illinois Capitol in Springfield, Rear angle. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 374 KB) Illinois Capitol in Springfield, Rear angle. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Personal residence of Catherine the Great Greek Revival was a style of classical architecture which became fashionable in Europe in the 18th century, and in the United Kingdom and United States in the early 19th century. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... Stephen A. Douglas Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 - June 3, 1861), American politician from Illinois, was one of the Democratic Party nominees for President in 1860 (the other being John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky). ...


As Illinois prospered and experienced several booms in population, the fifth capitol became crowded, especially as a result of relocations after the Civil War. On February 24, 1867, the state voted to construct a new larger capitol. After breaking the ground for the sixth and current Capitol in 1868, the state recouped its costs in the fifth capitol by selling it to Sangamon County for $200,000. It served as the county court house until 1961 when the state again purchased the building and restored it so it could serve as a historic landmark, the Old State Capitol State Historic Site. is the 55th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Cunt BAg Twat Fuk suck my penis ring 0778851865!!!!!!Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Sangamon County is a county located in the state of Illinois. ... The Old State Capitol State Historic Site, in Springfield, Illinois, is the fifth capitol building built for the U.S. state of Illinois. ...


In Film

In Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, the Illinois State Capitol Building was used for interior scenes of the U.S. Capitol, and many Springfield locals played extras in the movie. Exterior shots were that of the Utah State Capitol. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde, is the 2003 sequel to 2001s Legally Blonde. ... United States Capitol The United States Capitol is the building which serves as home for the legislative branch of the United States government. ... : Home of President Abraham Lincoln United States Illinois Sangamon 60. ... Utah State Capitol in 2002 Inside the Utah State Capitol in 2002 The Utah State Capitol is located on Capitol Hill, overlooking downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. ...


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Sixth Statehouse (Current)

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This is a list of state capitols (buildings) in the United States, not to be confused with a list of state capitals. ... The Alabama State Capitol The Alabama State Capitol is located on Goat Hill in Montgomery, Alabama. ... The Alaska Capitol The Alaska State Capitol Building is located in Juneau, Alaska. ... The Arizona State Capitol The Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona formerly housed the Territorial and State Legislatures, as well as various executive offices. ... The Capitol Building The Arkansas State Capitol Building, located in Little Rock, is the seat of government of the state of Arkansas. ... The California State Capitol building in Sacramento, California houses the California State Legislature and the office of the Governor of California. ... Colorado State Capitol Building The Colorado State Capitol Building, located in Denver, Colorado, is the home of the Colorado legislature. ... The Connecticut State House The Connecticut State House is located in the capital of Hartford, Connecticut and houses the State Senate and House of Representatives. ... The Delaware State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Delaware. ... The new and old Florida State Capitols, seen from the southwest. ...

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The Hawai‘i State Capitol is the official statehouse or capitol building of Hawai‘i. ... Idaho State Capitol Rotunda of the current Idaho State Capitol building. ... The Indiana State House in Indianapolis Indiana State House and Market Street taken from Monument Circle The Indiana Statehouse is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Indiana. ... Capitol in 2003 after regilding The Iowa State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Iowa. ... Kansas Capitol Building The Kansas State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Kansas. ... The new, permenant Kentucky State Capitol building The Kentucky State Capitol is located in Frankfort and is the seat of the three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) of the state government of the U.S. state of Kentucky. ... Louisiana State Capitol The Louisiana State Capitol building is the capitol building of the state of Louisiana, located in Baton Rouge. ... The Maine State House, located in Augusta, Maine, was completed in 1832, one year after Augusta became the capital of Maine. ... Maryland State House (back) The Maryland State House is the state capitol of Maryland, and is located in Annapolis. ...

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This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Michigan State Capitol The Michigan State Capitol is the building housing the legislative and executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Minnesota State Capitol at Night The Minnesota State Capitol is located in Minnesotas capital city, Saint Paul, and houses the Minnesota Senate, Minnesota House of Representatives, the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the Governor. ... Mississippi State Capitol The Mississippi State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Mississippi. ... The Missouri State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Missouri. ... The state Capitol building, Helena, Montana The Montana State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Montana. ... The Nebraska State Capitol The Nebraska State Capitol (aka The Tower on the Plain), located in Lincoln, Nebraska, is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska. ... Nevada State Capitol The Nevada State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Nevada. ... New Hampshire State House The New Hampshire State House is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of New Hampshire. ... The New Jersey State House is located in Trenton, New Jersey and is the seat of government for the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...

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The Roundhouse The New Mexico State Capitol (aka: the Roundhouse), located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is seat of government of the U.S. state of New Mexico. ... New York State Capitol The New York State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of New York. ... North Carolina State Capitol The North Carolina State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of North Carolina. ... North Dakota State Capitol The North Dakota State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of North Dakota. ... South facade of the Ohio Statehouse The Ohio Statehouse, located in Columbus, Ohio, is the seat of government for the state of Ohio. ... Oklahoma State Capitol The Oklahoma State Capitol, located in Oklahoma City, is the seat of government of the U.S. state of Oklahoma and the location of the chambers of the Oklahoma Legislature. ... Oregon State Capitol, July 1989 The Oregon State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of Oregon. ... The State Capitol of Pennsylvania, located in downtown Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is the seat of government of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. ... North façade The Rhode Island State House, located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, is the seat of government of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. ... South Carolina State House South Carolina State House The South Carolina State House is the State Capitol building of the U.S. state of South Carolina. ...

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Wyoming South Dakota State Capitol The South Dakota State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of South Dakota. ... The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is the home of the Tennessee legislature. ... The Capitol Building is brilliantly illuminated at night The Texas State Capitol, located in Austin, Texas, is the fourth building to serve as the seat of Texas government. ... Utah State Capitol in 2002 Inside the Utah State Capitol in 2002 The Utah State Capitol is located on Capitol Hill, overlooking downtown Salt Lake City, Utah. ... The Vermont State House The Vermont State House, located in Montpelier, Vermont, is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Vermont. ... The Virginia State Capitol is the seat of state government in the Commonwealth of Virginia, located in Richmond, the third State Capital of Virginia. ... Legislative Building The Washington State Capitol in Olympia, Washington is the seat of government of the state of Washington. ... The West Virginia State Capitol The West Virginia State Capitol is the state capitol building of the U.S. state of West Virginia. ... The Wisconsin State Capitol, in Madison, Wisconsin, houses both chambers of the Wisconsin legislature along with the state Supreme Court and the Office of the Governor. ... Wyoming State Capitol, seen from front, showing statue of Esther Hobart Morris The Wyoming State Capitol is the state capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Wyoming. ...


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Illinois State Capitol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1149 words)
With a total ground height of 361 feet (110 meters), the Illinois capitol is the tallest non-skyscraper capitol, even exceeding the height of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC.
The only state capitols taller than it are the non-classical designs found in Louisiana and Nebraska, which opted for more modern buildings for their current capitols.
The fifth capitol is considered by many to be Lincoln's capitol as it was here that he argued cases before the Illinois Supreme Court, here that he served in the state legislature, here that he first confronted Stephen Douglas, and here where he delivered his famous "A House Divided" speech.
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