page_title: Stephen Hills
section_title: Pennsylvania State Capitol
hierarchical_section_title: Stephen Hills / Pennsylvania State Capitol
caption_attribution_description: English: The Hills Capitol, one of the predecessors to the current Pennsylvania State Capitol, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Original number was "HABS PA,22-HARBU-1", original caption was "Copy of an old photo in Dauphin County Historical Society; View from the west, main building"
context_page_description: Stephen Hills was an architect notable for designing the original Pennsylvania State Capitol.
context_section_description: In 1810 he was employed by Bucher, Crouch and Dorsey, to remodel the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Court House in preparation for a temporary capitol when the government moved from Lancaster to Harrisburg in 1812.
  In March 1816 William Strickland and James C. Lavelier submitted plans for a new larger capital but the costs at $300,000 were more than the state could afford.  In 1819 he submitted the winning proposal for the new capitol which was completed in 1821.  It was destroyed in 1897.
caption: The original Pennsylvania State Capitol
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