Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Illinois - Springfield State Capitol

The State of Illinois

The State Capitol at Springfield, Illinois

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The Illinois State Capitol is the building that houses the executive and legislative branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois. The current building is the sixth capitol of the state since its admission as a state of the United States in 1818. Ground was first broken for the new capitol on March 11, 1869, and it was completed twenty years later for a total cost of $4,500,000.

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