What is Illinois State Capitol?
[[File:Illinois State Capitol (7167050199).jpg|thumb|right|210px|Illinois State Capitol]] The '''Illinois State Capitol''', located in [[Springfield, Illinois]], it houses the [[Illinois General Assembly|legislative]] and the [[Governor of Illinois|executive]] branches of the government of the [[U.S. state]] of [[Illinois]]. The current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol since Illinois became a state in 1818. It was built in the architectural styles of the [[French Renaissance]] and [[Italianate]]. The total cost of the construction was [[United States dollar|$]]4,500,000.<ref name=link>{{cite web| title=Illinois Capitol| url=http://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=2008| publisher=Sangamon County Historical Society| date=23 October 2013| access-date=2015-04-21}}</ref> Its tall central dome, and tower roofs, are covered in [[zinc]] to provide a silvery facade which does not weather. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Illinois]] {{US-stub}}