The Indiana Statehouse was built in 1888 and is the fourth building to house state government. The first, in Corydon, still stands as a state historic site.
In 1824 the whole state government moved to Indianapolis. It took more than a month, and a caravan had to cut a path through the winter forest, carrying the state treasury, library and records. The first meeting of the General Assembly there was in January 1825.
A later statehouse, designed by Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis, was inspired by the Parthenon, but with a large central dome. It was condemned in 1877 because of structural defects, and torn down so the current building could take its place.