<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Design and construction </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Architect </Th> <Td> Bell & Kent; Link & Haire; F.M. Andrews & Company </Td> </Tr> <P> The Montana State Capitol is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Montana . It houses the Montana State Legislature and is located in the state capital of Helena at 1301 East Sixth Avenue . The building was constructed between 1896 and 1902 with wing - annexes added between 1909 and 1912 . </P> <P> A design competition for the building was conducted in 1896 . The commission selected a design by George R. Mann as the winner . In 1897, after it was found that the Commission was planning to scam money from the building project, it was disbanded and a second Capitol Commission was convened . The new Commission abandoned Mann's plan as being too costly, and had a second design competition, won by Charles Emlen Bell and John Hackett Kent, of Bell & Kent of Council Bluffs, Iowa . In order to have their design built, Bell & Kent relocated their office to Helena . </P>

The state capital of the us state of montana