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The First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site is a state-owned property in St. Charles, Missouri, preserving the building that served as Missouri's capitol from 1821 to 1826. [4] The site is part of the St. Charles Historic District in the city's Riverfront neighborhood .
The present capitol, completed in 1917 and occupied the following year, is the third capitol in Jefferson City and the sixth in Missouri history. The first seat of state government was housed in the Mansion House, located at Third and Vine Streets in St. Louis and the second one was in the Missouri Hotel located at Main and Morgan Streets in St ...
This same year, the first Missouri constitution was adopted. The following year, 1821, Missouri was admitted as the 24th state, with the state capital temporarily located in Saint Charles until a permanent capital could be built. Missouri was the first state entirely west of the Mississippi River to be admitted to the Union
Jefferson City, informally Jeff City, [1] is the capital of the U.S. state of Missouri.It had a population of 43,228 at the 2020 United States census, [8] ranking as the 16th most populous city in the state, but the 9th least populous U.S. state capital. [9]
The first capital was established February 4, 1861, in Montgomery, ... Capital of the Missouri Territory. Arkansas Post: 1819: Capitals of the Arkansaw Territory. [h]
The Missouri Territory was originally known as the larger Louisiana Territory since 1804 (encompassing most of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase from the French Empire) and was renamed by the U.S. Congress on June 4, 1812, to avoid confusion with the new 18th state of Louisiana (further to the south on the lower Mississippi River with its river port city of New Orleans), which had been admitted to ...
The original listing included the separately NRHP-listed First Missouri State Capitol Buildings and the Newbill-McElhiney House. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] In 1987 the district was increased to include a Greek Revival specialty store building at 1000 S. Main Street, with a 1.3-acre (0.53 ha) area. [ 1 ]
First Missouri State Capitol State Historic Site. When Missouri was granted statehood in 1821, the legislature decided to build a "City of Jefferson" to serve as the state capital, in the center of the state, overlooking the Missouri River. Since this land was undeveloped at the time, a temporary capital was needed. St.