First State Capitol
1820 - 1823
The first capitol building owned by the State was erected on this site. It was a thirty by forty feet two-story frame structure. The Second and Third Illinois General Assemblies met here, the House on the first floor and the Senate on the second. This building was destroyed by fire on December 9, 1823.
Marker is at the intersection of 5th Street and Johnson Street, on the right when traveling south on 5th Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
