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This sepia colored photograph shows the east wing of the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Located on twenty acres of land once owned by Cyrus K. Holliday, work began on October 17, 1866, when the cornerstone was laid for the east wing. Thirty-seven years after that historical day, the statehouse, a reflection of French Renaissance architecture with Corinthian details, was completed at a total cost of $3,200,588.92.
Date: 1880
Item Number: 214852
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1880c *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 214852
Built Environment - Architectural Style - French Renaissance
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Building name - Kansas Capitol
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Built Environment - Materials - Stone - Limestone
Collections - Photograph
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 5: Ad Astra Per Aspera: Kansas Becomes a State
Date - 1880s - 1880
Government and Politics - State Government - Legislature
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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