. The state house, Boston, Massachusetts . plans and under the I superintendence of the architect. I Notwithstanding the additional space made avail- I able by the erection of the Extension, it was im- I possible to provide for all the departments within I the building. This situation led to the introduction j of bills in the Legislature from time to time, cover- I ing various phases of the general proposition. A I survey of the property owned by the State, and I adjacent property, was made under a resolve ap- I proved Feb. 23, i8qq. ^ Eight years later, the com- I mittee on State House made a
. The state house, Boston, Massachusetts . plans and under the I superintendence of the architect. I Notwithstanding the additional space made avail- I able by the erection of the Extension, it was im- I possible to provide for all the departments within I the building. This situation led to the introduction j of bills in the Legislature from time to time, cover- I ing various phases of the general proposition. A I survey of the property owned by the State, and I adjacent property, was made under a resolve ap- I proved Feb. 23, i8qq. ^ Eight years later, the com- I mittee on State House made an exhaustive study I of the problem of additional accommodations, and I during the summer of iqo/, authorized by an act I of June 21,^ a special commission continued the I investigation, making a report in 1Q08 (Senate Docu- I ment No. 73). While the latter commission rec- i 1 Chapter 470, Acts of iSq/. > Chapter 545, Acts of 1907. ^ 2 Chapter 5. Resolves of i8c)C). I i6- iiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. pllllllllilllllllllllllllllllliilllllllllllllllllllli I THE STATE HOUSE | B ommended as a temporary relief that the buildings | B owned by the State on Mt. Vernon Street be re- g M modelled for office purposes, both approved the g S plan of an extension by means of wings as the best g M ultimate solution, but no definite action was taken H H until 1912 when the State House Commission,— g g Thomas F. Pedrick, Sergeant-at-Arms, Albert P. g H Langtry, Secretary of the Commonwealth, and g B Elmer A. Stevens, Treasurer and Receiver m General, — were directed by a resolve of B May u ^ to investigate the advisability History I of constructing a building on the southerly side of g I Mt. Vernon Street immediately west of Hancock g I Avenue. At their request, William Chapman sub- g I mitted drawings for an office building, together g I with his plans for east and west wings, and g I plans were also presented by other Boston archi- g I tects. After a
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