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In 1847, the town of Monroe City, in Jasper County, was selected as the new location of the capitol and platted out, but the 1848 Legislature decided not to move the capitol from Iowa City. In 1854, the General Assembly decreed a location “within two miles of the Raccoon fork of the Des Moines River .”
Iowa City was declared the state capital of Iowa, and the government convened in the Old Capitol Building. The Iowa constitution was crafted in the Old Capitol Building. The first governor of the state of Iowa was inaugurated there, and the first six Iowa general assemblies met in the building.
Back in 1871, when the first earth was broken on a hill on Des Moines’ east side, the capitol was an expression of faith. In this segment is from Iowa PBS’s This Old Statehouse documentary, learn about the building of Iowa’s historic capitol building.
The old Capitol Building was started and Iowa City became the Capitol in 1841. TERRITORIAL CAPITOL In 1846, almost immedi ately after Iowa became a state,the first General Assembly realized that the Capitol should be located in the center of the state and authorized a commission to select a site.
While Iowa City was selected as the territorial capitol in 1839, it did not officially become the capitol city until 1841, after construction of the capitol building had begun.
Governor Lucas issued a proclamation changing the capital from Burlington to Iowa City on April 30, 1841. The architect for the capitol at Iowa City was John Francis Rague. He had only recently completed the plans for the Illinois capitol at Springfield.
Old Capitol, Iowa City. 1908. The Territorial Legislature continued to meet in the stone Capitol, and this structure remained the Capitol for more than a decade after Iowa became a state. From 1847 to 1857, Iowa City remained the seat of government for the State of Iowa. ← Previous Page. Next Page →.
