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Unlike many U.S. state capitol buildings, the Ohio Statehouse owes little to the architecture of the United States Capitol. It was designed and built before the U.S. Capitol was enlarged to its present form, with the large white dome that would be imitated on many US state capitol buildings.
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 offices there are for ceremonial use only.
Twenty-two state capitals have been a capital longer than their state has been a state, since they served as the capital of a predecessor territory, colony, or republic. Boston, Massachusetts, has been a capital city since 1630; it is the oldest continuously running capital in the United States.
Capitol Square is a public square in Downtown Columbus, Ohio. The square includes the Ohio Statehouse , its 10-acre (4.0 ha) Capitol Grounds, as well as the buildings and features surrounding the square.
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Columbus (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /, kə-LUM-bəs) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Ohio.With a 2020 census population of 905,748, [10] it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest (after Chicago), and the third-most populous U.S. state capital (after Phoenix, Arizona, and Austin, Texas).
The Rhodes State Office Tower sits on Capitol Square in Downtown Columbus, on Broad Street. [5]: 12 It is the tallest building in Columbus, measuring 629 feet (192 m) tall. [6] [7] It is also the tallest building housing the state government. [8] The building faces the Ohio Statehouse, the state capitol building, located to its immediate south. [9]
The Vern Riffe State Office Tower is a 503 ft-tall (153 m) skyscraper on Capitol Square in downtown Columbus, Ohio. It was completed in 1988 and has 32 floors. NBBJ designed the building, which is the fifth-tallest in Columbus, and has 102,192 m 2 of floor area. An earlier concept for the site, also designed by NBBJ, would have included a site ...