Tennessee State Capitol

Tennessee State Capitol
National Register of Historic Places
National Historic Landmark
The Tennessee State Capitol
location	Capitol Hill, Nashville , Tennessee
Coordinates	36 ° 9 '57 "  N , 86 ° 47' 3"  W Coordinates: 36 ° 9 '57 "  N , 86 ° 47' 3"  W.
Built	1845-1859
architect	William Strickland
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP number	70000894
Data
The NRHP added	July 8, 1970
Declared as an  NHL	November 11, 1971

The Tennessee State Capitol during the Civil War

The Tennessee State Capitol is the seat of government and the seat of the governor of the state of Tennessee . It is located in its capital, Nashville . It was added to the list of National Historic Landmarks in 1971 and is one of only ten state capitols without a dome.

building

The Tennessee State Capitol was designed by the famous architect William Strickland and is considered an outstanding example of the Greek Revival style: the main building resembles an Ionic temple. On the roof ridge there is a copy of the Lysikrates monument on a plinth .

Its construction is just as outstanding. Strickland used an unusually high proportion of stone for the time. The inside and outside are made of regional limestone . Some pillars inside were made in one piece so large cranes were used to install them. The roof construction was considered particularly innovative. It is an early example of the use of steel beams instead of wood. This makes the building more stable overall and less susceptible to fire. The American Society of Civil Engineers named the Tennessee State Capitol a landmark in engineering .

The construction time was a total of 14 years. Strickland died five years before the building was completed and his son FWStrickland took over the construction management. He and Samuel Dold Morgan (1798-1880), chairman of the building commission of the Tennessee State Capitol, were buried in the walls of the building.

Surroundings

Equestrian memorial to President A. Jackson

The Tennessee State Capitol stands on a plateau , Capitol Hill . In the surrounding green area there are several monuments for important citizens of the state of Tennessee: The grave of the Tennessee-born President James K. Polk and his wife Sarah Polk as well as monuments for the two US Presidents Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson , who are based in the state of Tennessee , for World War II veteran Alvin C. York, also from Tennessee, and politician and Senator Edward W. Carmack . There is also a memorial to the victims of the slave trade and the Holocaust .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Tennessee. National Park Service , accessed February 21, 2020.
2. ^ The Tennessee State Capitol: A Self-Guided Walking Tour . Tennessee State Museum, 2009.
3. ↑ Tennessee State Capitol ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , History & Heritage of Civil Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers website 

Web links

Commons : Tennessee State Capitol  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Tennessee State Museum - State Capitol information
• Tennessee Legislature website