Virginia State Capitol

The Virginia State Capitol, which Thomas Jefferson designed with Charles-Louis Clérisseau, was the first Roman Revival building in America and the first American public building in the form of a classic temple. The building was the site of significant events ...

Georgia State Capitol

The Georgia State Capitol, completed in 1889, is a landmark in the history of 19th-century American architecture. In style, form, and plan, it is a perfect expression and symbol of the idea of a Capitol building for the "Capital of ...

National Historic Landmark - New York State Capitol

National Historic Landmark - New York State Capitol

Erected between 1867 and 1899, this building marked a period of general prosperity and confidence in Post-Civil War New York.

Begun in the Second Empire style, it was completed in the French ...

National Historic Landmark-Pennsylvania State Capitol Building

National Historic Landmark-Pennsylvania State Capitol Building

The Pennsylvania State Capitol building is an example of Renaissance Revival architecture as defined through Beaux Arts Classicism.

It also reflects an outstanding collaboration between architect, artist, sculptor, and craftsman, seeking to develop a true ...

National Historic Landmark-Tennessee State Capitol

National Historic Landmark- Tennessee State Capitol

Constructed between 1845 and 1859, this is a prime example of the Greek Revival style by one of the most noted architects of the time, William Strickland.

The structure has an Ionic portico on each ...

National Historic Landmark - Virginia State (Confederate) Capitol

Designed by Thomas Jefferson and noted French architect Louis Clerisseau, this Greek Revival building served as the State Capitol for 70 years until Virginia seceded from the Union. From July 1861 to April 1865, the Confederate Congress met here. With ...

National Historic Landmark - Wisconsin State Capitol

The Wisconsin State Capitol is nationally significant as an excellent example of Renaissance Revival architecture, as interpreted through American Beaux-Arts sensibilities. Reflecting the aesthetic of an era spanning from the late nineteenth into the early twentieth century, the building is ...

National Historic Landmark - Wyoming State Capitol

As a territory, Wyoming had been the first major jurisdiction in the United States where women had full suffrage, and in 1889, an all-male group drafted a State constitution that included Women's suffrage. When Wyoming Territory applied for Statehood in ...

The State Capitol

Completed in 1888

Has been placed

on the

National

Register of

Historic Places

by the United States

Department of the

Interior

Marker can be reached from the intersection of S. 2nd Street and E. Capitol Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old State Capitol

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Georgia Capitol was on this site, (1794-1807). Colonists on the coast had urged a location on higher ground "with good drinking water." The famous constitutional convention of 1798 was held here and the document then adopted lasted for seventy ...