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Indiana Statehouse
Indiana Statehouse: Culture Crawl Indy State House (35332)
Indiana Statehouse: Indiana Statehouse, Capitol Avenue, Indianapolis, IN - 53384851624

Photo: S. H. Knox and Company; Quick, F. E · Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons

Capitol · Indianapolis, United States

Indiana Statehouse

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1878–88
Declared purpose
Seat of the Indiana government
Today
Survives, still the statehouse
Build time
About 10 years (1878–88)
Region
United States
Architect of record
Edwin May, architect: about 55 when credited (1878, born 1823). Build time on record: about 10 years (1878–88).All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

A limestone capitol with a central dome, by Edwin May, who died during construction.

  1. The architect died

    Edwin May died in 1880, early in construction, and Adolph Scherrer finished it.

  2. Indiana limestone

    Built of the same limestone used across the US.

Questions worth asking

  • How much of the final design was May's?

Possible original uses

  • Capitol

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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