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Utah's oldest existing governmental building
is the Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore. In anticipation of Utah's
statehood, Brigham Young directed construction of the building as the
state's capitol. Only the south wing was ever completed. The existing
portion was finished in time for the December 1855 meeting of the
territorial legislature, which was the only full session held in the old
statehouse. In December 1858 the seat of government was returned to Salt
Lake City.
The Daughters of the Utah
Pioneers restored the Territorial Statehouse and reopened it as a museum
in 1930. The old capitol building became Utah's first state park in 1957
and today houses a pioneer collection from the time period of the Utah
Territory, 1850 to 1896. There are additional historic buildings, a picnic
area and an All-American Rose Selection rose garden adjacent to the
museum.
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