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| Keywords: The gold-leaf dome of the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston LCCN2015631773.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 055 ; For several years the capital of West Virginia intermittently traveled between Wheeling and Charleston In 1877 however the state's citizens voted on the final location of their capital Charleston was chosen and eight years later the first capitol building was opened After a fire in 1921 a hastily-built structure was opened but it too burned down in 1927 A Capitol Building Commission created by the Legislature in 1921 authorized construction of the present capitol which is 10 feet taller than the U S Capitol in Washington Architect Cass Gilbert designed the buff limestone structure that was to have a final cost of just under 10 million After the three stages of construction were completed Governor William G Conley dedicated the capitol on June 20 1932 ; Forms part of West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Credit line West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015631773 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/31600/31698a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 31698 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 31698 38 20 0014 0 N 81 36 859 0 W alt 150_source exif_heading PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive West Virginia Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith | ||||