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This black and white photograph shows the construction on 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 later the statehouse, an example of French Renaissance architecture and Corinthian details, was completed at a total cost of $3,200,588.92.

Date: 1886

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Item Number: 216155
Call Number: FK2.1 C.1886c *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 216155

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