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The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.
Elijah E. Myers (December 29, 1832 – March 5, 1909) was a leading architect of government buildings in the latter half of the 19th century, and the only architect to design the capitol buildings of three U.S. states, the Michigan State Capitol, the Texas State Capitol, and the Colorado State Capitol. [1]
The XIT ranch was located in the western edge of the Texas Panhandle. This was anciently the territory of the Querecho Indians and Teyas. [2] In 1879, the 16th Texas Legislature appropriated 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km 2) of land to finance a new state capitol. [3]
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Capitol Life Insurance Building: Capitol Life Insurance Building: December 1, 1997 : 1600 Sherman St. and 225 E. 16th St. North Capitol Hill: 20: Carter-Rice Building: Carter-Rice Building: September 20, 1984
[1] The first statue was installed in 1870, and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from every state. In 1933, Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, which limited each state to only one statue in the Statuary Hall. Others would be distributed throughout the Capitol building. [1]
A major safety upgrade project, funded by the Colorado State Historical Fund, was started in 2001 and completed in 2009. [6] The design by Fentress Architects added modern safety features, like enclosed stair towers, that blended in with the original architecture. [7] The Colorado Capitol Building is featured on many of Denver's architectural ...
The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum and both the legislature and the governor's office are in nearby buildings. Only Arizona does not have its governor's office in the state capitol, though in Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont, and Virginia, [1] the offices there are for ceremonial use only.