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Home Illinois Fayette County Vandalia Historical Markers First State Capitol, 1820-1823

First State Capitol, 1820-1823

Vandalia, IL , USA
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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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