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First State Capitol
Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: December 31, 2013
Caption: First State Capitol
Additional Description: This building, built for the Linsly Military Institute in 1858, was the State Capitol of West Virginia twice. The Restored Government of Virginia also met here for two sessions. The 13th and 15th amendments to the Federal Constitution were ratified here for West Virginia. Later it became the Bertschy Funeral Home.
Submitted: January 2, 2014, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p263507
File Size: 3.159 Megabytes

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