West Virginia's capitol buildings. Spoiler alert, there were more than you probably think
Our capitols As I mentioned before when I wrote about the Wheeling conventions, our original Capitol was in Wheeling, WV. It was in the Linsly Institute building. This was viewed as a temporary Capitol. This building served as the state Capitol from June 20 th , 1863- April 1 st , 1870.The Linsly Institue building was built in 1858 and is still a Wheeling landmark. Something more permanent was needed, so in 1870, the state Legislature decided Charleston would be the permanent seat. The building was started in 1869 and completed in 1870, located at what is now Capitol Street ( Capitol Street was called sixth street prior to the Capitol building being there) and Lee Street. It was built by the state house company, a corporation, which was led by John P. Hale, a prominent Charlestonian. It is said that John ended up paying for much of the project himself. The building was leased to the state by the state house company. John did all this be