{"nrhp_refnum":"70000476","name":"North Carolina State Capitol","other_names":["Capitol"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Capitol Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Raleigh","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.78320122800005,"lon":-78.63862511299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1970-02-26","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The North Carolina State Capitol is a Greek Revival government building on Capitol Square in Raleigh, Wake County, North Carolina. Construction began in 1833 and the building was completed in the spring of 1840.","why_significant":"The nomination presents the Capitol as an important example of the work of architects Ithiel Town, Alexander Jackson Davis and their collaborator David Paton. It cites a 1966 visitor's description of it as a \"superb\" example of Greek Revival architecture, in its most erudite and sophisticated form. The Senate and House chambers survive intact with their original furnishings.","narrative":"Set on Capitol Square in Raleigh, the North Carolina State Capitol is a cruciform stone building with Doric porticos on its east and west fronts and a copper dome rising from an octagonal drum. The General Assembly funded it in 1832 after fire destroyed the earlier Capitol in 1831. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1833, and Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis served as architects. When money ran short, Scottish architect David Paton took charge of construction in 1834 and supervised the stonework. Philadelphia architect William Strickland advised on the rotunda stair, the columns and the Senate dome. The building was finished in spring 1840. Inside, a granite-walled rotunda relies on proportion rather than ornament, and the Senate and House chambers use Greek-inspired column orders. After the Legislative Building opened in 1963, the chambers were preserved with their original furnishings. The building is valued as a refined example of Greek Revival design.","period_of_significance":"19th Century","architect_builder":"Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis, architects; David Paton, supervising architect; William Nichols, State Architect","architectural_style":"Greek Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; the original site is retained. Since 1963 only the offices of the Governor, Secretary of State and Treasurer remain in the building, and the former Senate and House chambers are preserved intact with their original furnishings.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:58:55.827466-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/92/7225/47722592/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/70000476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000476/9ffddcfc47-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/70000476/9ffddcfc47-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Jim Bowen from Fort Worth, US","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Carolina_State_Capitol,_Raleigh.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Bowen from Fort Worth, US</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Carolina_State_Capitol,_Raleigh.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"74001380","name":"Oakwood Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/north-carolina/oakwood-historic-district-74001380/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47722592","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_State_Capitol","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3694520"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/north-carolina-state-capitol-70000476/"}