Illinois - Land of Lincoln (State Capitol)

Original Vintage Card
  
Sale Price: $4.95
Original Price: $5.95

Stock #:216550
Type: Postcard
Era: Chrome
City: Springfield
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Sangamon
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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Twenty-one years of construction were required for completion of Illinois' Capitol Building. The structure is one of the out-standing examples of public building architecture of the post-Civil War period. Ground was broken on March 11, 1868; the cornerstone laying took place on October 5, 1868; the building was first occupied in 1876, and construction work was finished in 1889. Charles F. Carpentier, Illinois' 29th Secretary of State, was inaugurated on January 12, 1953

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