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The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963.
The North Carolina State House was built from 1792 to 1796 as the state capitol for North Carolina. It was located at Union Square in the state capital, Raleigh , in Wake County . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building was extensively renovated in the neoclassical style by William Nichols , the state architect, from 1820 to 1824. [ 3 ]
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Workers install new copper panels on the dome of the North Carolina State Capitol Monday, July 17, 2023. He also set aside some copper to make commemorative items for members of the General Assembly.
The North Carolina State Capitol, pictured on March 14, 2023. Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed $3 million in the state budget to fund the long-stalled African American monument on the Capitol grounds.
Reporter Sarah Gleason finds the business that happens in NC's political buildings just as interesting as the structures that make it possible.
[1] The first statue was installed in 1870, and, by 1971, the collection included at least one statue from every state. In 1933, Congress passed House Concurrent Resolution No. 47, which limited each state to only one statue in the Statuary Hall. Others would be distributed throughout the Capitol building. [1]
Alternative view of the main façade. The building contains separate chambers for the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate.Architectural details include a 22-foot-wide (6.7 m), red-carpeted stairway that leads from the front entrance to the third floor galleries for the House and Senate, roof gardens and garden courts at the four interior corners.