Public Tours
Where: California State Capitol Museum on 10th and L Streets State Capitol, Sacramento, CA 95817
Price: Free
Age Suitability: 0-3, 3-6, 6-9, 9-12, 12 and up
Website - (916) 324-0333
By: Elizabeth Sedway
In 1854, the state legislature had finally settled on Sacramento as the location for the state’s capitol. With the location set, the legislature decided to build a proper capitol building to house the state’s government.
A local architect named Reuben Clark drew the original plans for the building that were approved by the legislature. The plans contained space for all three branches of the state government: legislative, executive and judicial.
The legislature set aside $500,000 in 1860 to build the capitol. When it was finally finished in 1874, the final cost was about $2.45 million. Today that would be more than 46 million dollars!
North and South Wings
The two wings are on opposite sides of the Capitol Rotunda to stand for the balance they bring to the state government.
Each wing contains a legislative chamber: the Senate in one wing, the assembly in the other.
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Elizabeth Sedway Tahoe City, CA
Take the Golden Line of the Light Rail System between the state capitol and historic Folsom: http://www.famplosion.com/events/80508-Take-Light-Rail-from-State-Capitol-to-Historic-Folsom
Posted 05/14/09