Oregon's Capitol Buildings

The state of Oregon has had not one, not two, but three state capitol buildings. Two of them met a sudden and unexpected end destruction by fire. William Willson, a pioneer of Salem, donated some acres from his Donation Land Claim for a state capitol. The first, built in 1855, may have been torched in a desperate fight to move the capitol to Corvallis. A second capitol, built in 1873, was patterned after the US Capitol in Washington, DC. This capitol, adorned with a beautiful copper-clad dome, faced west toward the Willamette River. On April 25, 1935, a fire started in a basement storage area. It quickly spread to the whole structure, and within four hours, the entire thing lay in ruins. After an exhaustive design process, a new capitol was built in the midst of the Great Depression, topped with a golden pioneer."

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/22/2013
ISBN: 9781467130257
Pages: 127
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.50w x 0.40d