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English: Title: The West Virginia Capitol in Charleston

Physical description: 1 photograph : digital, tiff file, color.

Notes: Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055).; For several years, the capital of West Virginia intermittently traveled between Wheeling and Charleston. In 1877, however, the state's citizens voted on the final location of their capital. Charleston was chosen and, eight years later, the first capitol building was opened. After a fire in 1921, a hastily-built structure was opened but it too burned down in 1927. A Capitol Building Commission, created by the Legislature in 1921, authorized construction of the present capitol, which is 10 feet taller than the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Architect Cass Gilbert designed the buff limestone structure that was to have a final cost of just under $10 million. After the three stages of construction were completed, Governor William G. Conley dedicated the capitol on June 20, 1932.; Forms part of: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.; Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer.; Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Date Taken on 6 May 2015, 15:17 (according to Exif data)
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Carol M. Highsmith  (1946–)  wikidata:Q5044454
 
Carol M. Highsmith
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Birth name: Carol Louise McKinney

Artist name: Carol M. Highsmith
Carol McKinney Highsmith
Description American photographer and architectural photographer
Date of birth 18 May 1946 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Leaksville, North Carolina
Work period 1981-
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creator QS:P170,Q5044454
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Camera location38° 20′ 07.37″ N, 81° 36′ 46.5″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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