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| College of Law students and faculty, 1879. Alexander Griffin Clark, Jr., the first African-American to receive a law degree in the United States, is seventh from left, back row. |
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| Old Capitol fire insurance receipt, New England Fire and Marine Insurance Co., 1863. |
From the start, Old Capitol has served many purposes. It was an early home of the University of Iowa College of Law, the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the administrative center of the fledgling institution. At one time, it was even the campus fire station.
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| Graduating class, College of Liberal Arts, 1877. |
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| College of Law classroom, 1895. |
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“…
(It) is one of the most substantial structures in the state …
If not destroyed by some calamity, it will constitute a lasting and
creditable monument of our early history.”
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