Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
April 5, 1822
Primary Source Reference:
Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 119
Notes:
The first purpose-built state capitol building for Pennsylvania was erected in Harrisburg to the designs of Stephen Hills from April 1819 to December 1821. It was dedicated on 2 Jan 1822 and burned in 1897. The Peale Museum presumably received a plan of the building. See "The History of Pennsylvania's Early Capitols" at http://cpc.state.pa.us/history/the-history-of-pennsylvanias-early-capit…
