List of state and territorial capitols in the United States

A capitol, or seat of government, is the building or complex of buildings from which a government such as that of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or the organized territories of the United States, exercises its authority. Although most states (39 of the 50) use the term capitol, Indiana and Ohio use the term Statehouse, and eight states use State House: Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. Delaware has a Legislative Hall. The state of Alabama has a State Capitol, but since 1985 its legislature has met in the State House.

A capitol typically contains the meeting place for its state's legislature and offices for the state's governor, though this is not true for every state. The legislatures of Alabama, Nevada, and North Carolina meet in other nearby buildings, but their governor's offices remain in the capitol. The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum and both the legislature and the governor's office are in nearby buildings. Only Arizona does not have its governor's office in the state capitol, though in Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont, and Virginia, the offices there are for ceremonial use only.

In ten states, the state's highest court also routinely meets in the capitol: Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (both civil and criminal courts), Pennsylvania (one of three sites), South Dakota, West Virginia, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The other 40 states have separate buildings for their supreme courts, though in Michigan and Utah, the high court also has ceremonial meetings at the capitol.

Most U.S. capitol buildings are in the neoclassical style with a central dome, a style based on the U.S. Capitol, and are often in a park-like setting.

Eleven of the fifty state capitols do not feature a dome: Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Forty-four capitols are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, marked with NRHP. Nineteen of those are further designated as National Historic Landmarks, marked with NHL.

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State capitols

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Photograph

! Capitol name

! Location

! Address

! Years of construction

! data-sort-type="number" | Height (feet)

! Notes

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| Alabama State CapitolAlabama State House

| Montgomery

|600 Dexter Avenue (capitol)11 S Union Street (state house)

| 1850–1851 1885 (East wing) 1903–1906 (South wing) 1911–1912 (North wing)

1960 (State House; the Legislature moved into the building in 1985)

|119

| NHL, NRHPOriginal meeting site for the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861)The State Capitol is only used for ceremonial meetings; actual government meetings are held in the State House

| 200px

| Alaska State Capitol

| Juneau

| 120 4th Street

| 1929–1931

|118

| 200x200px 200px 200px frameless|200x200px

| Arizona State CapitolArizona House of RepresentativesArizona SenateArizona Executive Tower

| Phoenix

|1700 W Washington Street

| 1899–1900 (State Capitol)1960 (House of Representatives and Senate buildings)1974 (Executive Tower)

|92

| NRHPThe State Capitol Building no longer hosts government meetings; The office of the governor is located in the Executive tower

| 200x200px

| Arkansas State Capitol

| Little Rock

|500 Woodlane Street

| 1899–1915

|230

| NRHP

| 200x200px

| California State Capitol

| Sacramento

|1010 L Street

| 1860–1874

|247

| NRHP

| 200px

| Colorado State Capitol

| Denver

|200 E Colfax Avenue

| 1886–1907

|272

| NRHPExactly one mile above sea level

| 200px

| Connecticut State Capitol

| Hartford

|210 Capitol Avenue

| 1872–1879

|257

| NHL, NRHP

| 200px

| Delaware Legislative Hall

| Dover

|410 Legislative Avenue

| 1933 1965–1970 (north and south wings) 1994 (expansion of east wings)

|70 (est.)

| Only capitol in the Colonial Revival architectural styleOnly capitol that is named a "Hall" and does not use the term "State"The Old Statehouse, used from 1792 to 1932, is listed on the NRHP.

| 200px

| Florida State Capitol

| Tallahassee

|400 S Monroe Street

| 1973–1977

|322

| NHL, NRHPNewest state capitolSecond-largest state capitol

| 200px

| Georgia State Capitol

| Atlanta

|206 Washington Street SW

| 1883–1889

|272

| NHL, NRHP

| 200x200px

| Hawaii State Capitol

| Honolulu

|415 S Beretania Street

| 1960–1969

|100 (est.)

| Part of NRHP Hawaii Capital Historic DistrictSecond-newest state capitol

| 200px

| Idaho State Capitol

| Boise

|700 W Jefferson Street

| 1905–1913 1919–1920 (wings) 2008–2010 (underground wings)

|208

| NRHP

| 200px

| Illinois State Capitol

| Springfield

|401 S 2nd Street

| 1868-1888

|361

| NRHPTallest non-skyscraper capitol, including Washington, DC

| 200x200px

| Indiana Statehouse

| Indianapolis

|200 W Washington Street

| 1877–1888

|256

| NRHP

| 200x200px

| Iowa State Capitol

| Des Moines

|1007 E Grand Ave

|1871–1886

| 275

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Kansas State Capitol

| Topeka

|300 W 10th Avenue

|1866–1873 (east wing) 1879–1881 (west wing) 1884–1906 (center)

| 326

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Kentucky State Capitol

| Frankfort

|700 Capitol Avenue

|1905–1910

| 210

|NRHP

| 200px

| Louisiana State Capitol

| Baton Rouge

|900 N Third Street

|1930–1932

| 450

|NHL, NRHPTallest state capitol

| 200x200px

| Maine State House

| Augusta

|210 State Street

|1828–1832 1889–1891 (wing) 1909–1911 (wings)

| 185

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Maryland State House

| Annapolis

|100 State Circle

|1772–1797

| 181

|NHL, NRHPOldest active state capitol

| 200x200px

| Massachusetts State House

| Boston

|24 Beacon Street

|1795–1798

| 200 (est.)

|NHL, NRHPU.S. Historic District Contributing property

| 200x200px

| Michigan State Capitol

| Lansing

|100 N Capitol Avenue

|1872–1878 (opened in 1879)

| 270

|NHL, NRHP

| 200px

| Minnesota State Capitol

| Saint Paul

|75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard

|1893–1905

| 223

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Mississippi State Capitol

| Jackson

|400 High Street

|1901–1903

| 180

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Missouri State Capitol

| Jefferson City

|201 W Capitol Avenue

|1911–1917

| 238

|NRHP

| 200px

| Montana State Capitol

| Helena

|1301 E 6th Avenue

|1896–1902 1909–1912 (wings)

| 165

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Nebraska State Capitol

| Lincoln

|1445 K Street

|1919–1932

| 400

|NHL, NRHPSecond-tallest state capitol

| 200px 200px

| Nevada State CapitolNevada Legislature

| Carson City

|101 N Carson Street (state capitol)401 S Carson Street (legislative building)

|1869–18711971 (new legislative building)

| 112

|NRHPThe State Capitol is no longer used for government meetings, which are now held in the Nevada Legislature building.

| 200x200px

| New Hampshire State House

| Concord

|107 N Main Street

|1815–1818

| 150

|NRHPU.S. Historic District Contributing propertyThe State House has been listed on the NRHP since 1983 as part of the Concord Civic District.

| 200x200px

| New Jersey State House

| Trenton

|125 W State Street

|1792

| 145

|NRHPU.S. Historic District Contributing property

| 200x200px

| New Mexico State Capitol

| Santa Fe

|490 Old Santa Fe Trail

|1964–1966

| 35 (est.)

|Only round state capitol

| 200px

| New York State Capitol

| Albany

|State Street & Washington Avenue

|1867–1899

| 220

|NHL, NRHPU.S. Historic District Contributing property

| 200x200px 200px

| North Carolina State CapitolNorth Carolina State Legislative Building

| Raleigh

|1 E Edenton Street (capitol)16 W Jones Street (legislative building)

|1833–18401963 (Legislative Building)

| 98

|NHL, NRHPU.S. Historic District Contributing propertyThe State Capitol is no longer used by the state legislature, which now meets in the State Legislative building

| 200x200px

| North Dakota State Capitol

| Bismarck

|600 E Boulevard Avenue

|1920–1924 1931–1934 (office tower & wing)

| 242

| 200px

| Ohio Statehouse

| Columbus

|1 Capitol Square

|1837–1861

| 158

|NHL, NRHP

| 200x200px

| Oklahoma State Capitol

| Oklahoma City

|2300 N Lincoln Boulevard

|1914–1917 2000–2002 (dome)

| 255

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Oregon State Capitol

| Salem

|900 Court Street NE

|1935 1977 (wings)

| 162

|NRHP

| 200px

| Pennsylvania State Capitol

| Harrisburg

|501 N 3rd Street

|1904–1906

| 272

|NHL, NRHPU.S. Historic District Contributing property

| center|200x200px

| Rhode Island State House

| Providence

|82 Smith Street

|1895–1904

| 223

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| South Carolina State House

| Columbia

|1100 Gervais Street

|1855–1907

| 180

|NHL, NRHP

| 200x200px

| South Dakota State Capitol

| Pierre

|500 E Capitol Avenue

|1905–1911

| 161

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Tennessee State Capitol

| Nashville

|600 Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard

|1845–1859

| 206

|NHL, NRHP

| 200x200px

| Texas State Capitol

| Austin

|1100 Congress Avenue

|1881–1888 1993 (underground extension)

| 311

|NHL, NRHPLargest state capitol

| 200x200px

| Utah State Capitol

| Salt Lake City

|350 State Street

|1912–1916 2004–2008 (major restoration and renovation)

| 286

|NRHP

| 200x200px

| Vermont State House

| Montpelier

|115 State Street

|1834–1836

| 136

|NHL, NRHP

| 200x200px

| Virginia State Capitol

| Richmond

|1000 Bank Street

|1785–1790 1904–1906 (wings); restored, renovated and expanded 2004–2007

| 83

|NHL, NRHPSecond-oldest active state capitol and meeting site for the Confederate Congress (1861–1865)

| 200x200px

| Washington State Capitol

| Olympia

|416 Sid Snyder Avenue SW

|1919–1928 (legislative building)

| 287

|NRHPU.S. Historic District

| 200px

| West Virginia State Capitol

| Charleston

|1900 Kanawha Boulevard E

|1924–1932

| 292

|NRHPU.S. Historic district Contributing property

| 200x200px

| Wisconsin State Capitol

| Madison

|2 E Main Street

|1906–1917 1988–2002 (major renovation and restoration)

| 284

|NHL, NRHP

| 200x200px

| Wyoming State Capitol

| Cheyenne

|200 W 24th Street

|1886–1890 1915–1917 (House and Senate chambers)

| 146

|NHL, NRHP

Territorial and federal district capitols

{| class="wikitable sortable"

! Photograph

! Capitol name

! Location

! Years of current capitol construction

! Notes

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| American Samoa Fono Building

| Fagatogo

| 1973

| Demolished in 2017; replacement is under construction.

| 200px

| John A. Wilson Building District Building

| Washington, D.C.

| 1904–1908

| NRHP

Originally called the District Building until renamed in 1994 after district councilor John A. Wilson

| 200px

| Guam Congress Building

| Hagåtña

|1949

|NRHP

| 200px

| Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature Building

| Capitol Hill

| 1948

| 200px

| Puerto Rico Commonwealth Capitol

| San Juan

| 1921–1929

| NRHP

| 200px

| United States Virgin Islands Legislature Building

| Charlotte Amalie

|1828

References

External links

Cupolas of Capitalism State Capitol Building Histories. Cupola.com.

State capitols

Territorial and federal district capitols

See also

References

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