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In 1893, the house was sold to the state for $5000. The house was the governor's residence from 1893 to 1960 and was the home of twenty North Dakota governors. In 1975, the State Legislature passed House Bill 1315 which transferred ownership to the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The house was renovated to look as it did in 1893 and ...
The territorial capitol as designed by the Minneapolis architectural firm of Caulkins and Telford [3] in 1883 The First State Capitol building - 1903 wing. The first capitol building was constructed between 1883 and 1884 to house the territorial government, and after statehood, two additions were erected: the Senate wing (1894, south side), and the House wing (ca. 1903, north side).
It was originally built to provide additional office space for state agencies and to mark the end of World War I. The building is dedicated to the memory of the men and women of North Dakota who served in that war. [3] It was designed in 1920 by Keith & Kurke, of Fargo and Bismarck, and it was finished in 1924 with a cost of $450,000.
The State Capitol is no longer used by the state legislature, which now meets in the State Legislative building North Dakota State Capitol: Bismarck: 600 E Boulevard Avenue 1920–1924 1931–1934 (office tower & wing)
The North Dakota State Capitol complex is just north of downtown Bismarck. The 19-story Art Deco capitol is the tallest building in the state, at a height of 241.75 feet (73.69 m). Completed during the Great Depression in 1934, it replaced the original capitol building that burned to the ground in 1930.
Bismarck vicinity: Federal Relief Construction in North Dakota, 1931-1943, MPS: 9: Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic Site: Depression Era Work Relief Construction Features at Menoken State Historic Site
At the time it opened, the ten-story, 150-room hotel was the tallest structure in Bismarck, and would retain this distinction until the new North Dakota State Capitol was completed in 1934. Edward Patterson, a close friend of McKenzie, would later purchase the hotel.
The Idaho State Capitol in Boise is the home of the government of the U.S. state of Idaho. Although Lewiston briefly served as Idaho's capital city from the formation of the old federal Idaho Territory in 1863, the territorial legislature moved it to Boise on December 24, 1864.