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The Kansas State Capitol, known also as the Kansas Statehouse, is the building housing the executive and legislative branches of government for the U.S. state of Kansas. Located in the city of Topeka , which has served as the capital of Kansas since the territory became a state in 1861, the building is the second to serve as the Kansas Capitol.
Topeka in 1856. Constitution Hall is on the left. While a permanent state capitol building was being planned, Constitution Hall was used as a part of the lemporary state capitol from 1864 to 1869. In an 1870s photo in the archives of the Kansas Historical Society, the temporary capitol is distinguishable from other nearby structures. [6]
Topeka is in north east Kansas at the intersection of I-70 and U.S. Highway 75. It is the origin of I-335 which is a portion of the Kansas Turnpike running from Topeka to Emporia, Kansas. Topeka is also on U.S. Highway 24 (about 50 miles [80 km] east of Manhattan, Kansas) and U.S. Highway 40 (about 30 miles [48 km] west of Lawrence, Kansas). US ...
Jason Alatidd, Topeka Capital-Journal November 6, 2023 at 5:00 PM Downtown Topeka's federal government building will be getting a $25 million makeover to make it more energy efficient.
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Starting Jan. 29, the U.S. Postal Service will begin delivering The Topeka Capital-Journal as part of an effort to improve delivery consistency and optimize resources amidst ongoing labor ...
The research collections and most of the staff of the State Library of Kansas have been located on the third floor of the Kansas State Capitol at 10th and Jackson Streets in downtown Topeka, Kansas, since 1900. In December, 2009, the staff was moved out of its third floor location in the State Capitol and into mobile units on the Capitol ...
PHOTO: The Kansas state capitol building is located in downtown Topeka on land donated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad company. (STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images)