The capitol's construction and subsequent furnishing was estimated to have cost $244,500.[15] The Hills Capitol was visited by famous people, including the Marquis de Lafayette in 1825 and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, (later King Edward VII) in 1860.[16] Abraham Lincoln visited the capitol in 1861 as president-elect, and then his body lay in state there after his 1865 assassination.[17] Pennsylvania's collection of Civil War battle flags, which were accumulated in 1866, was moved from the State Arsenal to the second floor of the capitol in 1872.[18] The flags were moved, again, in 1895 to the Executive, Library and Museum Building.[19] On February 2, 1897, around noon, smoke was discovered coming from the Lieutenant Governor's offices.