Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons
Capitol · Sacramento, United States
California State CapitolSuspected
- Dated
- Dated 1860–74
- Declared purpose
- Seat of the California Legislature
- Today
- Survives, still the capitol
- Build time
- About 14 years (1860–74)
- Region
- United States
- Architect of record
- Miner Frederic Butler, architect: about when credited (1860, born ). Build time on record: about 14 years (1860–74).; Reuben Clark, architect: about when credited (1860, born ). Build time on record: about 14 years (1860–74).All architects of record →
- On the list as
- Suspected
Why it's on the list
Sacramento raised its downtown streets in the 1860s–70s, turning old ground floors into basements.
Hidden history
Found, Not Built
A domed capitol in Sacramento, a city that raised its downtown streets in the 1860s and 70s after repeated floods.
Why researchers flag it
Sacramento raised its downtown streets in the 1860s–70s, turning old ground floors into basements.
A raised city
Sacramento raised its downtown street level by up to about 10 feet after floods in the 1860s. Old ground floors became basements. That is the same story told in Seattle and Chicago.
Another dome
A domed capitol on a drum, like the US Capitol and dozens of state houses.
Questions worth asking
- What do the original ground floors around the capitol look like now?
- Why did so many cities raise their streets in the same decades?
Possible original uses
- Capitol or civic palace
What the photos show
Californiabluebo1907cali 0006 California State Capitol1907 · Public domain
Exterior view of the California state capitol building in Sacramento, ca.1900-1920 (CHS-5653)circa 1900date QS:P,+190 · Public domain
ACT 4133Taken on 31 August 2009, · CC BY-SA 3.0
Blue hour front view of California State Capitol dllu 20182018-08-05 03:25:46 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Sources
Further viewing
Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.
