TODAY IN TEXAS HISTORY: 02-01-2014 Ground broken for new - TopicsExpress



          

TODAY IN TEXAS HISTORY: 02-01-2014 Ground broken for new Capitol February 01, 1882 On this date in 1882, building commissioners Nimrod Norton and Joseph Lee turned the first shovelful of dirt for the present Texas Capitol. Construction was financed by the sale of three million acres of public land in the Panhandle, under the auspices of the XIT Ranch. The main building material is red granite from Marble Mountain, west of Austin. The Renaissance Revival structure, for which the Capitol in Washington was the model, was dedicated in 1888. The total cost was $3.75 million. The cost of restoration in the 1990s was $200 million.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 10:58:20 +0000

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