FIRST - State Capitol - Vandalia, IL
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YoSam.
N 38° 57.579 W 089° 05.770
16S E 318377 N 4314388
Two story frame court house stood here.
Waymark Code: WM12MYD
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/18/2020
Views: 1
County of marker: Fayette County
Location of marker: 5th St. & Johnson St., Vandalia
Marker Erected by: The Illinois State Historical Society
Date Erected: 1954
Marker Text:
FIRST STATE CAPITOL
1820 ~ 1823
The first capitol building owned by the State was erected on this site. It was a thirty by forty feet two-story frame structure. The Second and Third Illinois General Assemblies met here, the House on the first floor and the Senate on the second. This building was destroyed by fire on December 9, 1823.
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