The Old State House - ASD

Funding Deaf Education in America

In May 1816, the Connecticut state government passed an act that officially incorporated the American School for the Deaf. Later that year in October, the Connecticut legislature voted to give $5,000 in aid to the ...

The White Haven Estate: Other Houses

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site

White Haven was the name given to both the house and the estate. Typical of many large plantations, other houses on the property were built and occupied by family members and slaves. White residents gave ...

The Cauffiel House and Estate

A Country Home on the River

Once the summer home of a prosperous Wilmington businessman and his family, the Cauffiel House has changed little since it was built in the late 1920s. The colonial style brick house still looks down to ...

The Colony House / The State House

The Colony House

1739 – 1776

The State House

1776 – 1900

Here the Assembly met and the

governors were inaugurated

until 1900

Marker is at the intersection of Washington Square and Broadway, on the right when traveling east on Washington Square.

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The Old State House

“ . . . there the child Independence was born.”

Built in 1713, the Old State House was the seat of government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In this building the Royal Governors, the Colonial Courts, and the Provincial Assembly ...

The Ohio Statehouse / Lincoln at the Statehouse

In 1812, the Ohio legislature designated Columbus as the state capital,

with local landowners contributing land and resources for a capitol

building and penitentiary. The first Columbus statehouse, a Federal-style structure completed in 1816, stood on the northeast corner of

State and High ...

The Old State House

“ . . . there the child Independence was born.”

Built in 1713, the Old State House was the seat of government of the Province of Massachusetts Bay. In this building the Royal Governors, the Colonial Courts, and the Provincial Assembly ...

The Statehouse

Just below the ground’s surface lie the original foundations of the first purpose-built statehouse at Jamestown. From the very beginning, the efforts at Jamestown were influenced by the laws and legal institutions of England.

American representative government is the legacy that ...

Here Stood The State House

Built 1786-1790

James Hoban Architect

Burned By Sherman's Troops

February 17, 1865

Marker can be reached from the intersection of Assembly Street.

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The State House

[Front of Marker]:

Columbia was founded in 1786, replacing Charleston as the state capital. The first State House here, built in 1789, was a small wooden building just W. of this site. Construction on this State House, designed by John R. ...