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October 21, 1976. The Iowa State Capitol, commonly called the Iowa Statehouse, is in Iowa 's capital city, Des Moines. As the seat of the Iowa General Assembly, the building houses the Iowa Senate, Iowa House of Representatives, the Office of the Governor, and the Offices of the Attorney General, Auditor, Treasurer, and Secretary of State.
Back in 1871, when the first earth was broken on a hill on Des Moines’ east side, the capitol was an expression of faith. In this segment is from Iowa PBS’s This Old Statehouse documentary, learn about the building of Iowa’s historic capitol building.
The Capitol Building as a symbol of the State and center of government stands high on the east side of the Des Moines River overlooking the city of Des Moines.
Oct 3, 2015 · The State Capitol is shown in 1948. Register File Photo. A view showing the surroundings west and a little to the south of the Capitol, from a legal brief filed in the Supreme Court of Iowa,...
- Des Moines Register
In 1857, Governor James W. Grimes proclaimed Des Moines to be the capitol city, and state papers and functions were transported there. The temporary Capitol was in use for 30 years, until destroyed by fires; but in the meantime, the permanent Capitol was being planned and built.
With Piquenard's death in 1876, M. E. Bell, who had been in the Piquenard office, formed a partnership with the Des Moines architect W. F. Hackney, and they became the official architects for the Iowa State Capitol.
The temporary State Capitol stood for thirty years where the Soldiers and Sailors Monument is currently. The permanent capitol cost close to 375 million dollars and took seventeen years (1871-1886), and when the money ran out, it was still not complete.
