Four statehouses have housed Indiana's government, and the fourth, completed in 1888, faces you at 200 West Washington Street in Indianapolis. This grand stone building, completed in 1888, is the fourth home of Indiana’s government. Inside it houses the Indiana General Assembly, the office of the Governor of Indiana, the Indiana Supreme Court, and other state officials.
The story of this place reaches back: Indiana became a state in 1816 and the first statehouse was in Corydon, a humble two-story limestone building constructed in 1813 to house the territorial legislature. That first building, built by a company owned by Dennis Pennington at a cost of $1,500, still stands today as a state historic site. The second statehouse was the old Marion County courthouse, later demolished and replaced in the early 20th century.
The third building, modeled on the Parthenon, was condemned in 1877 for structural defects and razed so this 1888 Statehouse could be built on its location. Notice the façade and steps at 200 West Washington Street, the fourth home Indiana's government has occupied since 1816.