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The second state capitol owned by the State was a two-story brick building erected here in 1824 using the walls of the first State Bank, which burned January 28, 1823. Abraham Lincoln was a member of the House in the 1834-1835 and 1835-1836 sessions. Vandalia paid one-fifth of the total cost of $15,000. Torn down in 1836, its salvage was used in the third capitol building.
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Vandalia, Illinois · United States
