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This is a view of Constitution Hall, Lecompton, Kansas. In 1857, proslavery delegates gathered at the hall and wrote a constitution, which would have brought Kansas into the Union as a slave-holding state. On August 2, 1858, after several attempts to pass the constitution, it was decisively voted down. The building is a state historic site and maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society. Lecompton Constitution Hall was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and as a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
Creator: Kansas State Historical Society
Date: 1957
Item Number: 217
Call Number: FK2.D4 Le.79 *15
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 217
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Function - Recreation and Culture - Museum - History
Built Environment - Kansas Historical Markers
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Date - 1950s - 1957
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Historic sites - Constitution Hall
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/217