Mystery of the lost 1820 Pennsylvania Capitol pillars in Harrisburg PA & the Curse of Stephen Hills.

The Curse of Architect Stephen Hills: The first Pennsylvania Capitol building in Harrisburg PA was designed by Architect Stephen Hills to house the Pennsylvania Government, after they moved out of the Independence Hall in Philadelphia. During a snow storm in 1897, the Capitol burned to the ground leaving only a shell and the 6 front pillars remaining. The pillars were dispersed throughout the Commonwealth but 3 are missing.
In this video I locate and investigate the known pillars, disprove pillars that were previously believed to be part of the 6 originals and attempt to determine what happened to the 3 missing pillars.

In February of 2024, this video was added to the Capitol Fire exhibit, at the Pennsylvania National Fire Museum in Harrisburg.:
https://pnfm.org/

Links to referenced information:
https://www.newspapers.com/
http://cpc.state.pa.us/history/notabl...
https://www.library.pasen.gov/Digital...
https://pawilds.com/mystery-capitol-c...
https://susquehannavalley.blogspot.co...
http://www.pacapitol.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsyl...
http://cpc.state.pa.us/history/the-hi...
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...
https://web.archive.org/web/201107200...

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