Kammala wannan magana: A ranar 4 ga Yuli, 1837, an kafa tubali na farko don babban majami'ar Illinois ta biyar wanda John F. Rague ya tsara, wanda kuma ya tsara kusan daidai da Iowa Territorial Capitol. A shekara ta 1853, an kammala ginin ne don jimillar dala 260,000, kusan sau ashirin da farashin kowane irin tsarin da ya gabata. An tsara ginin a cikin Girkanci Revival style daga dutse quarried 6 mil daga shafin. Shekaru da yawa, ita ce mafi girma kuma mafi girman babban birnin yammacin Amurka. An danganta babin na biyar da Abraham Lincoln kamar yadda yake a nan cewa ya yi jayayya da shari'o'i a gaban Kotun Koli ta Illinois, ya yi aiki a majalisar dokoki na jihar, ya fara muhawara Stephen Douglas, ya ba da sanannen "
Gidan ya raba "magana, kuma ya kwanta a jihar bayan kisan gillar da aka yi a ranar 14 ga Afrilu, 1865.