{"nrhp_refnum":"71001099","name":"Georgia State Capitol","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Capitol Sq.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Atlanta","county":"Fulton County","state":"GA","lat":33.74903798500003,"lon":-84.38800903899994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1971-12-09","is_nhl":true,"nhl_designated_date":"1973-11-07","areas_of_significance":["Landscape Architecture","Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["national"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"The Georgia State Capitol is a government building on five-acre Capitol Square in Atlanta, Fulton County, begun in 1884 and completed in 1889. It was designed by the Chicago firm of Edbrooke and Burnham and built by Miles and Horne of Toledo, Ohio.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a landmark of 19th century American architecture, a neo-classical expression of the idea of a Capitol for the New South after Reconstruction. It rejected High Victorian styles for a U.S. Capitol-like form and anticipated the \"American Renaissance\" style. It has been in continuous use as the seat of the legislature and state government offices.","narrative":"Rising above five-acre Capitol Square in Atlanta, the Georgia State Capitol is a domed, columned government building begun in 1884 and first occupied in June 1889. Chicago architects Edbrooke and Burnham won a design competition, and Miles and Horne of Toledo built it for just under the one million dollars the legislature appropriated. Indiana oolitic limestone faces the exterior, while Georgia marble finishes the floors, steps and lower walls inside. A six-column composite portico leads to a rotunda crowned by a dome and lantern, now gold-leafed, topped by a statue of Freedom. The nomination presents the building as an architectural symbol of Atlanta and the New South after Reconstruction. Its U.S. Capitol-like neo-classical form was chosen over High Victorian styles to signal Georgia's rejoining the Union. It has served continuously as the seat of the legislature and state government offices, and remains one of the oldest major structures in Atlanta.","period_of_significance":"1889","architect_builder":"Edbrooke (Willoughby J.) and Burnham (Franklin P.), of Chicago, architects; Miles and Horne, Toledo, Ohio, builders","architectural_style":"Neo-Classical-Renaissance Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"In continuous use as a state capitol housing the legislature and state government offices; condition marked excellent and unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:40.148541-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/71001099.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71001099/fcf725fd2f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/71001099/fcf725fd2f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 2.0","author":"Ken Lund","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgia_State_Capitol,_Atlanta,_Georgia.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Lund</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Georgia_State_Capitol,_Atlanta,_Georgia.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93208194","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_State_Capitol","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1509326"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/fulton-county/georgia-state-capitol-71001099/"}