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Title
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Beautiful State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The dome of the capitol is gilded with tissue-paper thin sheets of pure 23-karat gold with a protective layer sealing the gold from the weather, and the top of its finial peak is 275 feet (84 m) above the ground. From its opening during 1884 until 1924, it was the tallest building in Des Moines, and likely the entire state. Located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa, and listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Number P31092.
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Date Created
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1965
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PID
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grinnell:16871
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Title
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Iowa State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
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Description
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Looking northwest at the Iowa State Capitol building with a miniature Liberty Bell in the foreground presented to Iowa in 1950 by the Federal Department of the Treasury to thank the state for its efforts of the previous ten years in war-bond drives. This symbol of independence appropriately was dedicated on Independence Day by Governor William Beardsley. The bell, cast in Annery-le-Vieux, France, weighs 2,000 pounds. It is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number P89196.
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Date Created
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1965
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PID
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grinnell:16089
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Title
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State Capitol, Des Moines, Iowa
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Description
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Looking east at the Iowa State Capitol building which was completed in 1886 at a cost of $3,296,256, and, and at the time, was the only five-domed capitol in the country. The Buffalo Head Drinking Fountain in front was made for drinking--for horses as well as humans and Alexander Doyle, designer of the Great Seal tablet, designed this fountain as well, for $500. the Pioneers of the Territory monument (1892) designed and completed by Karl Gerhardt for a cost of $4,500 is behind the fountain and the Weidenmann Project's Centennial Fountain behind the Pioneers monument was designed by architect John Weidenmann of New York City and completed in 1892. The capitol building is located at 1007 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Number 65676. Series 410-D-1.
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Date Created
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1965
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PID
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grinnell:16937