oklahoma city’s capitol building sits atop an active oil well. photo attributed to matthew rutledge, https://www.flickr.com/x/t/0092009/photos/rutlo/3863799533/
oklahoma city’s capitol building sits atop an active oil well. photo attributed to matthew rutledge.
State government officials let voters decide on whether or not to move the capital to Oklahoma City. On June 11, 1910, the state seal was taken from Guthrie and moved south to Oklahoma City, where the Oklahoma State Capitol is located today. Lee Cruce, the second Governor of Oklahoma, commissioned the architectural construction of the present day structure. Prior to its construction, state government offices were housed in the Huckins Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City.