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Completed in 1792 and restored in 1976, the State House was shared by Kent County and the State from 1792 to 1873. Before its construction, an older county court house stood on the same site. That small brick structure, about twenty five feet square, had been built in 1722. On July 29, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was read from its porch for the first time to the people of Dover. The General Assembly moved to Legislative Hall in January, 1933.
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Dover, Delaware · United States
