Georgia State Capitol

Georgia State Capitol
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
West view of the Capitol
location	Atlanta , Georgia
Coordinates	33 ° 44 '57.4 "  N , 84 ° 23' 17.7"  W Coordinates: 33 ° 44 '57.4 "  N , 84 ° 23' 17.7"  W.
Built	1884-89
architect	Willoughby J. Edbrooke, Franklin Pierce Burnham
Architectural style	Neo-Renaissance , Neoclassicism
NRHP number	71001099
Data
The NRHP added	December 9, 1971
Declared as an  NHL	7th November 1973

The Georgia State Capitol , located in Atlanta , Georgia , in the United States , is an architecturally and historically significant building. It is the seat of the government of Georgia and home to the offices of the governor , lieutenant governor and secretary of state are on the 1st floor, while the Georgia General Assembly to April the 2nd floor convenes in January. The visitors' stands and a museum are located on the 3rd floor.

history

Atlanta's first city hall stood on the site of the Capitol. The fast growing industrial city of Atlanta wanted to replace rural Milledgeville as the capital of Georgia. For this reason, the city donated the building plot to the state. The first state capitol was in Louisville and no longer exists. The previous capitals, Augusta and Savannah , did not have a separate state capitol. The legislature also met in other places, e.g. B. Macon , especially during and shortly after the Atlanta Campaign during the American Civil War . The neoclassical State Capitol was built from 1884 to 1889 and stood for the self-image of the New South after the reconstruction phase .

architecture

Close up of the dome

Like many other state capitols in the United States, the Georgia State Capitol was modeled after the United States Capitol in Washington, DC . The 1889 completed building was designed by architects Willoughby J. Edbrooke and Franklin P. Burnham of Chicago ( Illinois designed). The building was designed by contractors Miles and Horne from Toledo ( Ohio built). The sculptor George Crouch was responsible for all the decorations on the building. Former Confederate general Philip Cook was on the commission that oversaw the planning and construction of the building .

The front of the Capitol is on Washington Street. The facade has a four-story portico with a stone gable, which is supported by six Corinthian columns on large stone pillars. The coat of arms of Georgia is engraved on the pediment with two figures on the right and left. The interior of the Capitol reflects the Victorian style of the time. It was one of the first buildings to have elevators, central steam heating and a combination of gas lighting and electric light. Classic pilasters and oak panels are used throughout the building. The floors are made of marble from Pickens County , where marble is still processed today.

The open central rotunda is flanked by two wings, each of which has a large staircase and a three-story atrium with a cliff . The Capitol has been regularly renovated to accommodate growth and changes in government. The original terracotta dome was pewter , the current dome is gilded. The gold leaf comes from nearby Dahlonega in Lumpkin County , where the first American gold rush took place in the 1830s. The Miss Freedom statue has graced the dome since the building opened.

In 1997, the House of Representatives and Senate chambers were renovated, with the shape and colors being restored to the original state of 1889.

Georgia Capitol Museum

Interior of the Capitol, the museum is on the top floor

The museum in the Capitol, which has existed since 1889, has extensive collections on the natural and cultural history of Georgia. Indian artifacts, animals, rocks and minerals, and fossils illustrate the diversity of the collections. Most of the collection remained in the warehouse during restoration or renovation. In addition to the museum, the entire building serves as a museum. The portraits of the governors, statues of famous Georgian citizens, and historical flags from various wars are displayed throughout the Capitol.

Today the Georgia Capitol Museum is a public educational facility of the Secretary of State's Office. The museum seeks to preserve and interpret the history of the Atlanta Capitol, the functions of government, and the events that took place in the building. In order to achieve this goal, artifacts associated with the building or event in the building are collected, preserved and evaluated.

size

• North-south extension: 105.99 m
• East-west extension: 83.02 m
• Height of the rotunda from the 1st floor to the ceiling: 57.10 m
• Diameter of the dome: 22.86 m

Georgia's Old Capitol Museum

Georgia's second state capitol, 1937

Georgia's second State Capitol building is located at Milledgewille at 201 East Greene Street. It served as the state capitol until 1867. The building was badly damaged by fire on March 24, 1941 and was rebuilt in its earlier design as part of the Georgia Military College. The ground floor serves as a museum.

literature

• Timothy J. Crimmins, Anne H. Farrisee: Democracy Restored: A History of the Georgia State Capitol. University of Georgia Press, Athens 2007, ISBN 978-0-8203-2911-6 .

Web links

Commons : Georgia State Capitol  - Collection of Pictures, Videos, and Audio Files

• Georgia State Capitol
• GeorgiaInfo.com Images of the statues and monuments on the State Capitol Complex

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Capitol Building (Georgia). (No longer available online.) In: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL). National Park Service , archived from the original on January 31, 2009 ; accessed on February 5, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ National Register of Historical Places - Georgia (GA), Fulton County . In: National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. February 25, 2007. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
3. ↑ HABS Survey GA-137
4. ↑ Edwin L. Jackson. Carl Vinson Institute of Government. The University of Georgia. The story of Georgia's capitols and capital cities ( Memento of the original from October 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .