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Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, featuring neoclassical architecture with a central dome, columns, and a landscaped lawn with flower beds in the foreground.
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building, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, featuring neoclassical architecture with a central dome, columns, and a landscaped lawn with flower beds in the foreground.
Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix Arizona State Capitol, Phoenix.

The Arizona State Capitol building is located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Phoenix was officially established as a town in 1870 and became a city in 1881. Civic leaders successfully lobbied to move the Arizona territorial capital to Phoenix, and the new capitol building was dedicated on February 25, 1901. When Arizona achieved statehood on February 14, 1912, the building became the state capitol. Phoenix is the capital of Arizona.12

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  1. Phoenix - From a town to a city
  2. Arizona: Country Facts
  3. Arizona - Constitutional framework
  4. Arizona - Population influx
  5. Arizona State University

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