Kansas State Capitol Beauty

On  Wednesday, February 11th, I went to the Kansas State Capitol building in downtown Topeka. The Capitol building historic Tour is one of my favorite things to do here in Topeka. Parking is easy,there is an under ground parking lot off of SW 8th st. on the north side of the building. There are two Free tours in the Capital building, first the Historic Capitol Tour which runs January - May
9, 10, and 11 a.m. and 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Monday - Friday and June - December
9 and 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m.. The second tour at the Capitol building is the Dome tour and that runs at 9:15, 10:15, and 11:15 a.m., 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, and 3:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. 

When you go through the doors and enter the Visitors Center, you first go through a security check point its simple, easy and the Capitol Police are nice too. There is big desk across the room, you just walk up to it and tell them you would like to do the Historic Capitol tour and then you just sign in and wait till your tour starts. I had time to kill so I walked into the gift shop and took a look around. They have all sorts of great gifts in the store, you can even get a piece of the old copper dome.

Gift Shop @ Kansas State Capitol Photo By: Ben Faires

When the tour starts you walk through a limestone hallway, which has many historical artifacts and pictures.

Kansas State Capitol Tour Photo By: Ben Faires

After you walk through the hallway, you go up the stairs to the 1st floor of the Capitol. You walk right through the rotunda and its a great place to stop and take a picture.

The Dome inside the Capitol Photo by: Ben Faires

Group of people taking a picture looking up in the Rotunda Photo by: Ben Faires

The Capitol tour takes you through many rooms, the Senate Room, the House of Representative Room, the Capitol Library, and many more.

Senate Room Photo by: Ben Faires

House of Representatives Room Photo by: Ben Faires

Capitol Library Photo by: Ben Faires

Governors Cerimonial Office Photo by: Ben Faires

Tragic Prelude Photo by: Ben Faires

After my Historic Capitol Tour I went up to the 5th floor To Take my Dome tour. This is absolutely my favorite thing to do in the City. Once you go up the 296 stairs you get the best views of The City of Topeka.

Looking down the Rotunda Photo by: Ben Faires

The interior of the outside dome Photo By: Ben Faires

This is the tip top of the inner dome that you see from the ground floor Photo by: Ben Faires

One of my favorite pictures I took that day, looking down the spiral stair case from the very top of the Dome.

View of Downtown Topeka from the top of the Capitol Photo by: Ben Faires

North Topeka from the top of the Capitol Photo by: Ben Faires

Looking toward Washburn Campus from the top of the Capitol Photo by: Ben Faires

Don't forget that you can see more photos on my Instagram or just type in #topekabased in the search bar. For more information about the tours go to the Kansas State Capitol website. 

Thanks for reading,

Ben Faires

Introduction to Topeka Based

Photo By: Tara Lohmann @ Barristers Ball, Great Overland Station

      My Name is Ben Faires, I am a student at Washburn University in Topeka, Ks. I am relatively new to the city. I moved here in June of 2014. Every time I move to a new place I look up all the things to do there; the night life, the art scene, concerts, museums; anything and everything the city has to offer. This Blog, Topeka Based, is about finding and describing such places here in Topeka so as to be used as a helpful guide to visitors, those new to the area, and even long time locals. Topeka Based will feature pictures of the places I visit, if you like any of the pictures and are interested in seeing more then go look at my Instagram page, @bfaires7, or search the hashtag #TopekaBased.

Here are a few pictures I have already taken around town:

Photo By: Ben Faires @NOTO Art District

Photo By: Ben Faires @ Kansas State Capitol

Photo By: Ben Faires @ Memorial Union Washburn University