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Delaware
Dover
Delaware State House
The Green
Dover DE 19901
Phone 302 739-4266
Web Site www.destatemuseums.org
Description Restored to original appearance, capitol building holds legislative and judicial chambers
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Capitol
Nature of Group or Site Government
Era 1792
Legislative Hall
Legislative Ave
Dover DE 19901
Phone 302 739-4114
Web Site www.state.de.us/research/assembly.htm
Description General Assembly, governor, portrait gallery
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Capitol
Nature of Group or Site Government
Delaware
New Castle
New Castle Court House
211 New Castle Road
New Castle DE 19770
Phone 302 323-4453
Web Site www.destatemuseums.org/ncch
Description original state capital from colonial times
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Building
Building Type Capitol
Nature of Group or Site Government
Era 18th |
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Georgia
Atlanta
Georgia Capitol Museum
431 State Capitol
Atlanta GA 30334
Phone 404 651-6996
Web Site http://www.sos.state.ga.us/museum/default.htm
Description museum in Capitol building focuses on history of the
building and events that took place there
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Building
Building Type Capitol
Georgia
Milledgeville
Georgia's Antebellum Capitol Museum
201 E Greene St
Milledgeville GA 31061
Phone 478 445-2035
Web Site BROKEN http://www.gacmuseum.net/
Description seat of government until 1868, located on Georgia Military College campus
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Building
Building Type Capitol
Nature of Group or Site Government
Era 1807
New or Updated: 05/22/2003 |
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Hawaii
Honolulu
Hawaii State
Capitol Building
515 South
Beretania Street
MAIL: State Capitol, Room
417
Honolulu HI 96813
Phone
808 586-0178
Alt Phone
808 586-0146
Web Site
http://www.hawaiischoolreports.com/symbols/capitol.htm
Description
designed to resemble a volcano, pillars shaped like coconut palms, main
courtyard open to the sky
Type of Resource
Historic Place
Building Type
Capitol
Nature of Group
or Site
Government
Era
1969
New or Updated:
04/24/2003 |
Iowa
Iowa City
Old Capitol Museum
24 Old Capitol
University of Iowa
Iowa City IA 52242
Phone 319 335-0548
Web Site http://www.uiowa.edu/%7Eoldcap/information/info.html
Description building was territorial and first state capitol until 1857, when it became the first permanent home of the U of IA
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Building
Building Type Capitol
Era 1842 |
Illinois
Springfield
Old State Capitol
Downtown Mall
Springfield IL
Phone 217 785-7961
Web Site
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Alt Web http://www.online-springfield.com/sites/oscap.html
Description capital when Abraham Lincoln tried cases in the state Supreme Court
Type of Resource Historic Place
Building Type Capitol
Nature of Group or Site Government
Era 1837-1876 |
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Last Update:
01/11/2008 |
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