Dee ihe ndị ọzọ maka paragraf a - Na July 4, 1837, a tọrọ brik mbụ maka ụlọ nke ise nke Illinois nke John F. Rague mere, onye mekwara ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ otu Iowa Territorial Capitol. N'afọ 1853, a rụchara ụlọ elu ahụ maka ngụkọta ego nke $260,000, ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ okpukpu iri abụọ nke ihe ọ bụla yiri ya nke mbụ. E wuru ụlọ ahụ n'ụdị Greek Revival site na nkume a na-egwupụta na kilomita 6 site na saịtị ahụ. Ruo ọtụtụ afọ, ọ bụ ya bụ isi obodo kasị ukwuu na nke kasị emefusi ego na ya n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ United States. A na-ejikọta isi nke ise na Abraham Lincoln dịka ọ bụ ebe a ka ọ rụrụ ụka n'okwu ikpe n'ihu Ụlọikpe Kasị Elu nke Illinois, jere ozi na ndị omebe iwu steeti, buru ụzọ rụọ ụka Stephen Douglas, nyefee "House Divided
" okwu ya, ma dina n'ala mgbe e gbusịrị ya n'April 14, 1865.