Texas State Capitol

The Texas Capitol complex at night

The Texas State Capitol in Austin, TX

The state capitol of the US state of Texas (English Texas State Capitol ) in the Texas capital Austin is the parliament building of the Texas state legislature ( Texas Legislature ) and houses the offices and plenary chambers of the House of Representatives and Senate as well as the office of the governor of the state. The building planned by the architect Elijah E. Myers was built between 1882 and 1888. A 75 million dollars expensive underground extension and simultaneous restoration was completed in the 1993rd

The Texas State Capitol has been listed as a building on the National Register of Historic Places since June 1970 . In June 1986, the building was granted National Historic Landmark status. The Texas Capitol is the sixth tallest of all state capitals in the United States at 92.24 meters and is also higher than the US Capitol in Washington, DC

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ History of the Construction of the Texas State Capitol in the 19th Century , texas.gov , accessed October 15, 2017
↑ Expansion and Restoration of the Texas State Capitol in the 1990s , texas.gov , accessed October 15, 2017
↑ Texas State Capitol on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 24, 2020.
↑ Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Texas. National Park Service , accessed February 24, 2020.

30.274722 -97.740556Coordinates: 30 ° 16 ′ 29 " N , 97 ° 44 ′ 26" W.

[1] History of the Construction of the Texas State Capitol in the 19th Century , texas.gov , accessed October 15, 2017

[2] Expansion and Restoration of the Texas State Capitol in the 1990s , texas.gov , accessed October 15, 2017

[3] Texas State Capitol on the National Register of Historic Places , accessed February 24, 2020.

[4] Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: Texas. National Park Service , accessed February 24, 2020.