LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Remains of Nebraska's second Lincoln Capitol have surfaced as workers have excavated dirt in the building's northwest courtyard for the installation of new fountains.
The =workers discovered about four dozen pieces of buried limestone that probably made up a portion of the facade of the old Capitol. Before the discovery, the Capitol Commission had only one piece of stone from the old building.
Architect Matt Hansen is cleaning the decades-old, caked-on dirt and mud from the limestone. The commission will keep some of the stones in its masonry shop for people to see and touch on tours.
The second Capitol building was built from 1881 to 1888. It turned out to be too small almost as soon as it was built.
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