North Carolina State Capitol

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North Carolina State Capitol
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
Historic District Contributing Property
The North Carolina State Capitol

The North Carolina State Capitol

North Carolina State Capitol (North Carolina)
Paris plan pointer b jms.svg
location Union Square, Raleigh , North Carolina
Coordinates 35 ° 46 '49 "  N , 78 ° 38' 21"  W Coordinates: 35 ° 46 '49 "  N , 78 ° 38' 21"  W
Built 1833-1840
architect Ithiel Town, Alexander Jackson Davis, William Nichols, and others. a.
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP number 70000476
Data
The NRHP added February 26, 1970
Declared as an  NHL November 6, 1973
Declared as  CP April 15, 1978

The North Carolina State Capitol is located in the North Carolina's capital, Raleigh, on Union Square. At the beginning it served as the seat of various political institutions of the state of North Carolina. In 1888 the Supreme Court and the library moved into their own buildings; In 1963 the government moved the new North Carolina State Legislative Building . Today it only houses the offices of the governor and the vice-governor.

building

A wreath of palmettes surrounds the skylight

The North Carolina State Capitol is the second parliament building in this location. A two-story brick building had already been erected here at the end of the 18th century. After it had undergone various renovations in the 1820s, the first building burned down in 1831. The foundation stone for the current building was laid in 1833 by Simmons Jones Baker, a politician and Grand Master of the Freemasons . At the draft were u. a. the well-known architects Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis involved.

The building was given a cross-shaped floor plan. The external appearance is based on the then popular Greek Revival Style . The east and west facades are designed as a portico with four Doric columns each and a triangular gable . A flat dome rests at the center of the intersection. In it there is a skylight , through which the central rotunda , in which there are several monuments, is supplied with daylight. In the center of the rotunda is a copy of a statue depicting George Washington as a Roman general. The original was made by the Italian sculptor Antonio Canova and was destroyed in the fire of 1831.

The North Carolina State Capitol has been listed as a building on the National Register of Historic Places since February 1970 . In November 1973, it was granted National Historic Landmark status. It is also the Contributing Property of the Capitol Area Historic District , which was established as a Historic District in April 1978 .

Surroundings

There are other monuments in the surrounding green area. A statue of George Washington , unveiled July 4, 1857, was the first of the monuments in the complex today; a group of sculptures shows three presidents who came from North Carolina, including Andrew Jackson . There are also several memorials to the soldiers who died in the Civil War, both World Wars and the Vietnam War , a memorial in honor of women and their achievements during the Civil War and for other people important to the state of North Carolina.

Individual evidence

  1. Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: North Carolina. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.
  2. ^ North Carolina State Capitol on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Capitol Area Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.
  4. a b c d North Carolina Historic Sites: State Capitol . North Carolina Historic Sites, a division of the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. June 14, 2010. Retrieved on 2/4/2011.
  5. ^ Claiborne T., Jr. Smith: Powell, William S. (Eds.): Dictionary of North Carolina Biography , Volume 1. (AC). University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA 1979, ISBN 0-8078-1329-X , pp. 92-93.
  6. ^ North Carolina State Capitol on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.
  7. Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: North Carolina. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.
  8. ^ Capitol Area Historic District on the National Register Information System. National Park Service , accessed February 3, 2020.

Web links

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