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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.
Downtown Topeka's federal government building will be getting a $25 million makeover to make it more energy efficient. "I am so pleased to be able to be here in Topeka to announce the $2 billion ...
Constitution Hall, in Topeka, Kansas, is a significant building in the history of Kansas Territory and the state of Kansas. The two-story native stone building, with basement, was begun by Loring and John Farnsworth in the spring of 1855. By summer, the Topeka Town Association had agreed to complete the building in exchange for holding the ...
This list of tallest buildings in Kansas ranks skyscrapers in the U.S. state of Kansas by height. The tallest building in Kansas is the Epic Center in Wichita, which contains 22 floors and is 385 ft (117 m) tall. The second-tallest building in the state is the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka, which rises 326 feet (99 m).
A Topeka building described by the Kansas Historical Society as “one of the last remaining important architectural structures from the pre-World War I time period of Topeka" is on the market.
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The Ward-Meade house is considered the first mansion built in Topeka. Construction began in 1870, the same year as the first wing of the Statehouse. Anthony Ward was a wheelwright who held the sand rights on the Kansas River near his house. He sold sand to the builders of Topeka and made wheels for wagons that carried settlers to California.
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