State Capitol Building, Pennsylvania
Capitol building of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Built 1906 by Joseph Miller Huston. Added to the National Register in 1977, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg. The building was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with decorative Renaissance themes throughout. The capitol houses the legislative chambers for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Harrisburg chambers for the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the offices of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor. It is also the main building of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Third, Walnut, Commonwealth and North Sts., Harrisburg, PA |
| County | Dauphin County |
| Listed | Sep 14, 1977 |
| Reference number | 77001162 |
| Built | 1906 |
| Architect | Joseph Miller Huston |
| Type of place | capitol building |
| Style | Renaissance Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Register of Historic Places contributing property, National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 2 buildings, 1 structures, 1 sites, 3 objects |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Third, Walnut, Commonwealth and North Sts., Harrisburg, PA |
| Website | pacapitol.com ↗ |
| Coordinates | 40.26439, -76.88379 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument · 16 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Slyder Farmhouse 38 mi · Historic Bushman House (Gettysburg) 38 mi |
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Nearby in Dauphin County
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Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 77001162. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.