The Minnesota State Capitol is:
434 feet long.
229 feet wide.
223 feet high.
The exterior dome is 89 feet in diameter.
The interior dome is 60 feet in diameter.
The Capitol was built at a cost of $4.5 million.
The present structure is Minnesota's third state capitol building. The first two buildings were located in downtown St. Paul on a city block bordered by Wabasha, Exchange, Cedar and 10th Street. The first capitol was destroyed by fire. The second was too small and poorly constructed.
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