No. 04 - First state capitol building, Corydon, Indiana

Description:	The caption for this image, written in 1916 and provided by the Educator-Journal Company, follows:“4. The first state capitol is still standing in a good state of preservation at Corydon, Harrison County. On the 9th day of March, 1809, a contract was let to Dennis Pennington for the building, which was completed in 1811, at a cost of $1,500. It is erected of limestone and is forty feet square. The foundation sets three feet in the ground and the lower story walls are two and one-half feet thick. The room is fifteen feet high. The second story walls are two feet thick and this room is ten feet high.”[The First State Capitol building still stands on the square in Corydon, Indiana.]
Publisher:	The Educator-Journal Company
Source:	http://cdm17251.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17251coll29/id/13
Collection:	Indiana Pioneer Pictures from The Educator-Journal Company
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Copyright:	This image may be printed or downloaded by individuals, schools or libraries for study, research or classroom teaching without permission. For other uses contact: genealogy@hcpl.lib.in.us
Subjects:	Indiana State Capitol (Corydon, Ind.) historic buildings public buildings

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