<P> The disaster required the construction of a new building during the Great Depression . The tower and wing were built between 1931 and 1934 , at a cost of $2 million . Ground was broken for the building by Governor George F. Shafer on August 13 , 1932 . Workers on the building were paid only 30 cents an hour and , after multiple worker strikes , the capitol grounds were administered by martial law in June 1933 . The state sold half of the original capitol campus to defray the cost of construction. Artist Edgar Miller was brought in to do much of the interior design and decoration as well as the bas - relief sculptures on the facade which depict the rich human history of North Dakota . </P>
<P> The disaster required the construction of a new building during the Great Depression . The tower and wing were built between 1931 and 1934 , at a cost of $2 million . Ground was broken for the building by Governor George F. Shafer on August 13 , 1932 . Workers on the building were paid only 30 cents an hour and , after multiple worker strikes , the capitol grounds were administered by martial law in June 1933 . The state sold half of the original capitol campus to defray the cost of construction. Artist Edgar Miller was brought in to do much of the interior design and decoration as well as the bas - relief sculptures on the facade which depict the rich human history of North Dakota . </P>
when was the north dakota state capitol built
when was the north dakota state capitol built
between 1931 and 1934
between 1931 and 1934