The Idaho State Capitol, located in Boise, is the home of the government of the state of Idaho. Lewiston, Idaho briefly served as Idaho's capitol from the formation of Idaho Territory in 1863 until an act of the territorial legislature moved the capitol to Boise City on December 24, 1864. A few years after Idaho gained statehood the construction on the original capitol building began in the summer of 1906. The architects who developed the building were John E. Tourtellotte and Charles Hummel. Tourtellotte was a Connecticut native whose career began in Massachusetts and skyrocketed further when he moved to Boise. Hummel was a German immigrant who partnered up with Tourtellotte in 1903 and after they finished the capitol they relocated to Portland, Oregon.