In early 20th century, the capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh used to be Allahabad. In 1922, decision was taken to shift the capital from Allahabad to Lucknow and to construct a building in Lucknow to house the Assembly Constituency. On 15 December 1922, then Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Sir Spencer Harcourt Butler laid the foundation of the Vidhan Bhawan. Building's architecture was done by Sir Samuel Swinton Jacob and Heera Singh. Blueprint of the building was drawn by Heera Singh and the construction was monitored by Spencer Harcourt Butler. The building was completed in little over five years at a cost of ₹21 lakh (US$31,000) (1922 cost not adjusted for inflation) and was inaugurated on 21 February 1928.