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  2. Texas State Capitol - Wikipedia

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    The current Texas State Capitol is the fourth building to serve that purpose in Austin. The first was a two-room wooden structure (located on the northeast corner of 8th St and Colorado St) which served as the national capitol of the Texas Republic and continued as the seat of government upon Texas' admission to the Union.

  3. Texas Capitol View Corridors - Wikipedia

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    The Capitol View Corridors are a series of legal restrictions on construction in Austin, Texas, aimed at preserving protected views of the Texas State Capitol from various points around the city. First established by the Texas Legislature in 1983 and recodified in 2001, the corridors are meant to protect the capitol dome from obstruction by ...

  4. Waller Plan - Wikipedia

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    The Texas Capitol Complex has expanded beyond its original four-block square, but the Capitol building retains the commanding position on a hilltop overlooking the central city envisioned by Waller. Hemphill Square, the northeastern public square designated in the Waller Plan, has been built over, but Brush Square, Republic Square, and ...

  5. List of state and territorial capitols in the United States

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    The other 40 states have separate buildings for their supreme courts, though in Michigan, Minnesota, and Utah the high court also has ceremonial meetings at the capitol. [clarification needed] Most U.S. capitol buildings are in the neoclassical style with a central dome, which are based on the U.S. Capitol, and are often in a park-like setting.

  6. Downtown Austin - Wikipedia

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    Texas State Capitol. Downtown Austin is dominated by the Texas State Capitol and associated government buildings. The University of Texas System is headquartered in Downtown Austin. [27] O. Henry Hall, the main headquarters, was originally a federal courthouse and post office. [28] The Thomas J. Rusk State Office Building is located in Downtown ...

  7. List of tallest buildings in Austin, Texas - Wikipedia

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    The capitol was also no longer the city's tallest building, [12] surpassed in height by the Dobie Center and the Chase Bank Tower. [b] In response, the Texas State Legislature and the City of Austin created 35 Texas Capitol View Corridors that would preserve selected views of the capitol. [8]

  8. Statue of Stephen F. Austin - Wikipedia

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    Stephen F. Austin is a statue of Stephen F. Austin by Elisabet Ney, originally modeled in 1893.. Two carvings exist: one installed in 1903 in the Texas State Capitol, and the other installed in 1905 as one of the two statues from Texas in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C..

  9. Ten Commandments Monument (Austin, Texas) - Wikipedia

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    The Ten Commandments Monument is installed on the Texas State Capitol grounds (behind the Capitol building) in Austin, Texas, United States. The Texas Sunset Red Granite artwork was designed by an unknown artist and erected by the Fraternal Order of Eagles of Texas in 1961. [1] It was the subject of litigation in the Supreme Court case Van Orden v.