A State Debate

Finding a Home for the Capitol

Click here to view online magazine The debate began in 1949 and took ten years to conclude. The issue: Where to build our much-needed state capitol. It was fifty years ago, in 1959, that the location of the new state capitol was finally decided after hundreds of lawyers, architects, elected officials, and citizens debated over twenty potential sites.

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