Looking West On Capitol Avenue Toward State House, Springfield, Illinois

            Explore #46 on February 24, 2023

A view looking west from the 600 block of E. Capitol Ave. toward the Illinois State Capitol. This is the sixth structure to serve as the capitol building since Illinois won statehood in 1818.

Designed in Second Empire style, architects for the project were Alfred H. Piquenard and John C. Cochrane of the Cochrane and Cochrane architectural firm in Chicago. Construction on the capitol began 1869, and was completed in 1886. At an architectural height of 361 feet, it is the tallest of all domed capitols in the United States.

The Illinois State Capitol building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. In addition to the State Capitol building, this view also shows buildings that lie within the Central Springfield Historic District that embraces the commercial core of the city. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and was expanded in 1986 and 2015.

Located in central Illinois, Springfield's population was 114,394 at the 2020 census.

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Taken on: June 5, 2020

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Springfield

Seat

Capital City

State Of Illinois

Central

Illinois

Street view

E. Capitol Avenue

600 Block

State Capitol Building

State House

19th Century

20th Century

Architecture

National Register of Historic Places

NRHP

Central Springfield Historic District

Reference #

78001187

86003184

15000316

Illinois State Capitol

Reference No.

85003178

Architectural Style

Second Empire

Canon

EOS

Mark IV

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