List of state capitols in the United States

This is a list of U.S. state and territorial capitol buildings in the United States and is not to be confused with a list of state capitals, which are the cities where these buildings are located.

Most U.S. states (39 of the 50) have facilities named "State Capitol". Indiana and Ohio use the term "Statehouse" and eight states use "State House": Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont. Delaware has a "Legislative Hall". The State of Alabama has a State Capitol, but the Legislature has since 1985 met in the State House.

A capitol typically contains the meeting place for its state's legislature and offices for the state's governor, though this is not true for every state. The legislatures of Alabama, Nevada and North Carolina meet in other nearby buildings, but their governor's offices remain in the capitol. The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum, and both the legislature and the governor's office are in nearby buildings. Only Arizona does not have its governor's office in the state capitol, though in Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont and Virginia,^[1] the office there is for ceremonial use only.

In nine states, the state's highest court also routinely meets in the capitol: Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (both civil and criminal courts), Pennsylvania (one of three sites), South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The other 40 states have separate buildings for their supreme courts, though in Minnesota and Utah the high court also has ceremonial meetings at the capitol.

Eleven of the fifty state capitols do not feature a dome: the Alaska, Florida, Hawaii, Louisiana, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Tennessee and Virginia state capitols.^[2]

Table of State Capitols

Picture	Capitol name	Location	Years of current capitol construction	Notes
	Alabama State Capitol	Montgomery 32°22′38.81″N 86°18′3.39″W / 32.3774472°N 86.3009417°W	1850–1851 1885 (East wing) 1903–1906 (South wing) 1911–1912 (North wing)	National Historic Landmark, Original meeting site for the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861) National Register of Historic Places
	Alaska State Capitol	Juneau 58°18′7.91″N 134°24′37.68″W / 58.3021972°N 134.4104667°W	1929–1931
	Arizona State Capitol	Phoenix 33°26′53.15″N 112°5′49.54″W / 33.4480972°N 112.0970944°W	1899–1900	National Register of Historic Places, no longer hosts government meetings
	Arkansas State Capitol	Little Rock 34°44′48.33″N 92°17′19.54″W / 34.7467583°N 92.2887611°W	1899–1915	National Register of Historic Places
	California State Capitol	Sacramento 38°34′35.66″N 121°29′36.28″W / 38.5765722°N 121.4934111°W	1860–1874	National Register of Historic Places
	Colorado State Capitol	Denver 39°44′20.74″N 104°59′5.63″W / 39.7390944°N 104.9848972°W	1886–1907	National Register of Historic Places Exactly one mile above sea level
	Connecticut State Capitol	Hartford 41°45′50.89″N 72°40′58″W / 41.7641361°N 72.68278°W	1872–1879	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places
	Delaware Legislative Hall	Dover 39°9′26.3″N 75°31′11″W / 39.157306°N 75.51972°W	1933 1965-1970 (north and south wings) 1994 (expansion of east wings)	The Old Statehouse, used from 1792 to 1932, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
	Florida State Capitol	Tallahassee 30°26′17.2″N 84°16′53.76″W / 30.438111°N 84.2816000°W	1973–1977	Newest state capitol Second largest state capitol
	Georgia State Capitol	Atlanta 33°44′57.38″N 84°23′17.74″W / 33.7492722°N 84.3882611°W	1883–1889	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places
	Hawaii State Capitol	Honolulu 21°18′26.43″N 157°51′26.16″W / 21.3073417°N 157.8572667°W	1960–1969	Part of the Hawaii Capital Historic District (NRHP) Second newest state capitol
	Idaho State Capitol	Boise 43°37′3.71″N 116°11′58.61″W / 43.6176972°N 116.1996139°W	1905–1913 1919–1920 (wings) 2008–2010 (underground wings)	National Register of Historic Places
	Illinois State Capitol	Springfield 39°47′54.66″N 89°39′17.6″W / 39.7985167°N 89.654889°W	1884–1887 (construction)	National Register of Historic Places Tallest non-skyscraper capitol, including Washington D.C.
	Indiana Statehouse	Indianapolis 39°46′7″N 86°9′45″W / 39.76861°N 86.16250°W	1877–1888[3]	National Register of Historic Places
	Iowa State Capitol	Des Moines 41°35′28.24″N 93°36′13.93″W / 41.5911778°N 93.6038694°W	1871–1886	National Register of Historic Places
	Kansas State Capitol	Topeka 39°2′52.83″N 95°40′41.36″W / 39.0480083°N 95.6781556°W	1866–1873 (east wing) 1879–1881 (west wing) 1884–1906 (center)	National Register of Historic Places
	Kentucky State Capitol	Frankfort 38°11′12.4″N 84°52′31.2″W / 38.186778°N 84.875333°W	1905–1910	National Register of Historic Places
	Louisiana State Capitol	Baton Rouge 30°27′25.46″N 91°11′14.66″W / 30.4570722°N 91.1874056°W	1930–1932	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places Tallest state capitol
	Maine State House	Augusta 44°18′26.05″N 69°46′54.04″W / 44.3072361°N 69.7816778°W	1828–1832 1889–1891 (wing) 1909–1911 (wings)	National Register of Historic Places
	Maryland State House	Annapolis 38°58′43″N 76°29′28″W / 38.97861°N 76.49111°W	1772–1797[4]	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places Oldest active state capitol
	Massachusetts State House	Boston 42°21′27.75″N 71°3′48.83″W / 42.3577083°N 71.0635639°W	1795–1798	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic District Contributing property Fourth oldest active state capitol
	Michigan State Capitol	Lansing 42°44′1.42″N 84°33′20.12″W / 42.7337278°N 84.5555889°W	1871–1878	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places Michigan State Historic Site
	Minnesota State Capitol	Saint Paul 44°57′18.53″N 93°6′8.05″W / 44.9551472°N 93.1022361°W	1893–1905	National Register of Historic Places
	Mississippi State Capitol	Jackson 32°18′14″N 90°10′56″W / 32.30389°N 90.18222°W	1901–1903	National Register of Historic Places
	Missouri State Capitol	Jefferson City 38°34′44.83″N 92°10′22.77″W / 38.5791194°N 92.1729917°W	1911–1917	National Register of Historic Places
	Montana State Capitol	Helena 46°35′8.52″N 112°1′6.24″W / 46.5857000°N 112.0184000°W	1896–1902 1909–1912 (wings)	National Register of Historic Places
	Nebraska State Capitol	Lincoln 40°48′29.12″N 96°41′58.51″W / 40.8080889°N 96.6995861°W	1919–1932	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places Second tallest state capitol
	Nevada State Capitol	Carson City 39°9′50.67″N 119°45′58.65″W / 39.1640750°N 119.7662917°W	1869–1871	National Register of Historic Places
	New Hampshire State House	Concord 43°12′24.29″N 71°32′17.26″W / 43.2067472°N 71.5381278°W	1815–1818
	New Jersey State House	Trenton 40°13′13.57″N 74°46′11.65″W / 40.2204361°N 74.7699028°W	1792	Third oldest active state capitol
	New Mexico State Capitol	Santa Fe 35°40′56.21″N 105°56′22.77″W / 35.6822806°N 105.9396583°W	1964–1966	Highest and only round state capitol Third newest state capitol in oldest capital city
	New York State Capitol	Albany 42°39′9.19″N 73°45′26.36″W / 42.6525528°N 73.7573222°W	1867–1899	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic District Contributing property
	North Carolina State Capitol	Raleigh 35°46′49″N 78°38′21″W / 35.78028°N 78.63917°W	1833-1840	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic District Contributing property
	North Dakota State Capitol	Bismarck 46°49′14.93″N 100°46′57.87″W / 46.8208139°N 100.7827417°W	1920–1924 1931–1934 (office tower & wing)
	Ohio Statehouse	Columbus 39°57′41″N 82°59′56″W / 39.96139°N 82.99889°W	1837–1861	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places
	Oklahoma State Capitol	Oklahoma City 35°29′32.21″N 97°30′12.14″W / 35.4922806°N 97.5033722°W	1914–1917 2000-2002 (dome)	National Register of Historic Places
	Oregon State Capitol	Salem 44°56′19.43″N 123°1′48.35″W / 44.9387306°N 123.0300972°W	1935 1977 (wings)	National Register of Historic Places
	Pennsylvania State Capitol	Harrisburg 40°15′52″N 76°52′0″W / 40.26444°N 76.86667°W	1904-1906[5]	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic District Contributing property
	Rhode Island State House	Providence 41°49′51″N 71°24′54″W / 41.83083°N 71.41500°W	1895–1904	National Register of Historic Places
	South Carolina State House	Columbia 34°0′1.56″N 81°1′59.33″W / 34.0004333°N 81.0331472°W	1855-1907	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places
	South Dakota State Capitol	Pierre 44°22′1.8″N 100°20′46.87″W / 44.367167°N 100.3463528°W	1905–1911	National Register of Historic Places
	Tennessee State Capitol	Nashville 36°9′57″N 86°47′3″W / 36.16583°N 86.78417°W	1845–1854	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places
	Texas State Capitol	Austin 30°16′29″N 97°44′26″W / 30.27472°N 97.74056°W	1881–1888 1993 (underground extension)	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places Largest state capitol
	Utah State Capitol	Salt Lake City 40°46′38″N 111°53′17″W / 40.77722°N 111.88806°W	1912–1916 2004-2008 (major restoration and renovation)	National Register of Historic Places
	Vermont State House	Montpelier 44°15′44″N 72°34′51″W / 44.26222°N 72.58083°W	1834–1836	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places
	Virginia State Capitol	Richmond 37°32′19.53″N 77°26′0.94″W / 37.5387583°N 77.4335944°W	1785–1790 1904–1906 (wings); restored, renovated and expanded 2004-2007	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places Vermont Landmarks Register Second oldest active state capitol and meeting site for the Confederate Congress (1861-1865)
	Washington State Capitol	Olympia 47°02′07″N 122°54′23″W / 47.03528°N 122.90639°W	1919–1928 (Legislative building)	National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic District
	West Virginia State Capitol	Charleston 38°20′11″N 81°36′44″W / 38.33639°N 81.61222°W	1924–1932	U.S. Historic district Contributing property
	Wisconsin State Capitol	Madison 43°4′28″N 89°23′5″W / 43.07444°N 89.38472°W	1906–1917 1988-2002 (major renovation and restoration)	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places
	Wyoming State Capitol	Cheyenne 41°8′25″N 104°49′11″W / 41.14028°N 104.81972°W	1886–1890 1915–1917 (House and Senate chambers)	National Historic Landmark National Register of Historic Places Second highest state capitol

Table of Territorial Capitols

Picture	Capitol name	Location	Years of current capitol construction	Notes
	American Samoa Fono Building	Fagatogo, American Samoa	1973
	John A. Wilson Building District Building	Washington, DC	1904-1908	National Register of Historic Places, originally called the District Building until renamed in 1994 after district councilor John A. Wilson
	Guam Legislature Building	Hagåtña, Guam
	Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature Building	Capitol Hill, Saipan
	Capitol of Puerto Rico Capitolio de Puerto Rico	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1921-1929	National Register of Historic Places
	Virgin Islands Legislature Building	Charlotte Amalie, USVI

See also

• Heights of state capitols
• List of capitals in the United States

References

1. "Virtual Tour of the Virginia State Capitol". Virginia Capitol.gov. Retrieved May 2011.
2. "State Capitols and Domes". NCSL.org (National Conference of State Legislatures). Retrieved October 9, 2013.
3. "IDOA: The Statehouse Story". IN.gov. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
4. History of the State House and Its Dome. msa.maryland.gov (Maryland State Archives), 2007. Retrieved on April 5, 2014.
5. Pennsylvania Manual p. xiv

External links

• Cupolas of Capitalism State Capitol Building Histories. Cupola.com.