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The Capitol is at the intersection of Apalachee Parkway and South Monroe Street in downtown Tallahassee, Florida. The Historic Capitol, sometimes called "The Old Capitol", built in 1845, was threatened with demolition in the late 1970s when the new capitol building was built. [3]
In 1977, the 22-story high-rise Capitol building, designed by architect Edward Durell Stone, was completed. Since 2021, it has been the third-tallest state capitol building in the United States. In 1978, the Old Capitol, directly in front of the new Capitol, was scheduled for demolition, but state officials decided to keep it as a museum. [20]
That motion was defeated however, and the 1970s saw a long-term commitment by the state to the capital city with construction of the new capitol complex and preservation of the old capitol building. In 1961, Tallahassee Regional Airport is opened.
Tallahassee Boy Scouts created a replica of Florida's first capitol in 1924, as Tallahassee celebrated the city's 100th anniversary. The legislature met in the building in November-December 1824 ...
In honor of the bicentennial, the city of Tallahassee is rebuilding the original capitol log cabin which served as the first legislature building. City to recreate first Capitol – a log cabin ...
During Florida Gov. Reuben Askew’s tenure, in 1978 the Capitol got a $6.5 million facelift to preserve a “symbol of Florida’s heritage.” How Florida's Old Capitol was saved and became a ...
1837 - Goodwood Plantation established near Tallahassee. [6] 1840 - Population: 1,616. 1841 - Yellow Fever epidemic strikes resulting in many deaths; 1843 - Great Fire strikes and burns much of downtown; Capitol building and county court house survives; 1845 State Capitol building completed. [2] Tallahassee becomes part of the new U.S. state of ...
Museum model mirrors 200-year-old Capitol. Every Tallahassee resident knows the feeling of driving west on Apalachee Parkway, gliding up the hill, and witnessing the glory of the shiny red and ...