List of state and territorial capitols in the United States

Not to be confused with List of capitals in the United States.

A capitol, or seat of government, is the building or complex of buildings from which a government such as that of a U.S. state, the District of Columbia, or the organized territories of the United States, exercises its authority. Although most states (39 of the 50) use the term 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 since 1985 its legislature has 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 offices there are for ceremonial use only.

In ten 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, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The other 40 states have separate buildings for their supreme courts, though in Michigan, 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, a style based on the U.S. Capitol, and are often in a park-like setting.

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

Forty-four capitols are listed on the National Register of Historic Places, marked with NRHP. Nineteen of those are further designated as National Historic Landmarks, marked with NHL.

State capitols

Photograph	Capitol name	Location	Address	Years of construction	Height (feet)	Notes
	Alabama State Capitol Alabama State House	Montgomery 32°22′38.81″N 86°18′3.39″W 32°22′37.294″N 86°17′57.991″W	600 Dexter Avenue (capitol) 11 S Union Street (state house)	1850–1851 1885 (East wing) 1903–1906 (South wing) 1911–1912 (North wing) 1960 (State House; the Legislature moved into the building in 1985)	119[3]	NHL, NRHP Original meeting site for the Provisional Confederate Congress (1861) The State Capitol is only used for ceremonial meetings; actual government meetings are held in the State House
	Alaska State Capitol	Juneau 58°18′7.91″N 134°24′37.68″W	120 4th Street	1929–1931	118[4]
	Arizona State Capitol Arizona House of Representatives Arizona Senate Arizona Executive Tower	Phoenix 33°26′53.15″N 112°5′49.54″W	1700 W Washington Street	1899–1900 (State Capitol) 1960 (House of Representatives and Senate buildings) 1974 (Executive Tower)	92[5]	NRHP The State Capitol Building no longer hosts government meetings; The office of the governor is located in the Executive tower
	Arkansas State Capitol	Little Rock 34°44′48.33″N 92°17′19.54″W	500 Woodlane Street	1899–1915	230[6]	NRHP
	California State Capitol	Sacramento 38°34′35.66″N 121°29′36.28″W	1010 L Street	1860–1874	247[7]	NRHP
	Colorado State Capitol	Denver 39°44′20.74″N 104°59′5.63″W	200 E Colfax Avenue	1886–1907	272[8]	NRHP Exactly one mile above sea level
	Connecticut State Capitol	Hartford 41°45′50.89″N 72°40′58″W	210 Capitol Avenue	1872–1879	257[9]	NHL, NRHP
	Delaware Legislative Hall	Dover 39°9′26.3″N 75°31′11″W	410 Legislative Avenue	1933 1965–1970 (north and south wings) 1994 (expansion of east wings)	70 (est.)[10]	Only capitol in the Colonial Revival architectural style Only capitol that is named a "Hall" and does not use the term "State" The Old Statehouse, used from 1792 to 1932, is listed on the NRHP.
	Florida State Capitol	Tallahassee 30°26′17.2″N 84°16′53.76″W	400 S Monroe Street	1973–1977	322[11]	NHL, NRHP Newest state capitol Second-largest state capitol
	Georgia State Capitol	Atlanta 33°44′57.38″N 84°23′17.74″W	206 Washington Street SW	1883–1889	272[12]	NHL, NRHP
	Hawaii State Capitol	Honolulu 21°18′26.43″N 157°51′26.16″W	415 S Beretania Street	1960–1969	100 (est.)[13]	Part of NRHP Hawaii Capital Historic District Second-newest state capitol
	Idaho State Capitol	Boise 43°37′3.71″N 116°11′58.61″W	700 W Jefferson Street	1905–1913 1919–1920 (wings) 2008–2010 (underground wings)	208[14]	NRHP
	Illinois State Capitol	Springfield 39°47′54.66″N 89°39′17.6″W	401 S 2nd Street	1884–1887 (construction)	361[15]	NRHP Tallest non-skyscraper capitol, including Washington, DC
	Indiana Statehouse	Indianapolis 39°46′7″N 86°9′45″W	200 W Washington Street	1877–1888[16]	256[17]	NRHP
	Iowa State Capitol	Des Moines 41°35′28.24″N 93°36′13.93″W	1007 E Grand Ave	1871–1886	275[18]	NRHP
	Kansas State Capitol	Topeka 39°2′52.83″N 95°40′41.36″W	300 W 10th Avenue	1866–1873 (east wing) 1879–1881 (west wing) 1884–1906 (center)	326[19]	NRHP
	Kentucky State Capitol	Frankfort 38°11′12.4″N 84°52′31.2″W	700 Capitol Avenue	1905–1910	210[20]	NRHP
	Louisiana State Capitol	Baton Rouge 30°27′25.46″N 91°11′14.66″W	900 N Third Street	1930–1932	450[21]	NHL, NRHP Tallest state capitol
	Maine State House	Augusta 44°18′26.05″N 69°46′54.04″W	210 State Street	1828–1832 1889–1891 (wing) 1909–1911 (wings)	185[22]	NRHP
	Maryland State House	Annapolis 38°58′43″N 76°29′28″W	100 State Circle	1772–1797[23]	181[24]	NHL, NRHP Oldest active state capitol
	Massachusetts State House	Boston 42°21′27.75″N 71°3′48.83″W	24 Beacon Street	1795–1798	200 (est.)[25]	NHL, NRHP U.S. Historic District Contributing property
	Michigan State Capitol	Lansing 42°44′1.42″N 84°33′20.12″W	100 N Capitol Avenue	1872–1878 (opened in 1879)	270[26]	NHL, NRHP
	Minnesota State Capitol	Saint Paul 44°57′18.53″N 93°6′8.05″W	75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard	1893–1905	223[27]	NRHP
	Mississippi State Capitol	Jackson 32°18′14″N 90°10′56″W	400 High Street	1901–1903	180[28]	NRHP
	Missouri State Capitol	Jefferson City 38°34′44.83″N 92°10′22.77″W	201 W Capitol Avenue	1911–1917	238[29]	NRHP
	Montana State Capitol	Helena 46°35′8.52″N 112°1′6.24″W	1301 E 6th Avenue	1896–1902 1909–1912 (wings)	165[30]	NRHP
	Nebraska State Capitol	Lincoln 40°48′29.12″N 96°41′58.51″W	1445 K Street	1919–1932	400[31]	NHL, NRHP Second-tallest state capitol
	Nevada State Capitol Nevada Legislature	Carson City 39°9′50.67″N 119°45′58.65″W	101 N Carson Street (state capitol) 401 S Carson Street (legislative building)	1869–1871 1971 (new legislative building)	112[32]	NRHP The State Capitol is no longer used for government meetings, which are now held in the Nevada Legislature building.
	New Hampshire State House	Concord 43°12′24.29″N 71°32′17.26″W	107 N Main Street	1815–1818	150[33]	NRHP U.S. Historic District Contributing property The State House has been listed on the NRHP since 1983 as part of the Concord Civic District.
	New Jersey State House	Trenton 40°13′13.57″N 74°46′11.65″W	125 W State Street	1792	145[34]	NRHP U.S. Historic District Contributing property
	New Mexico State Capitol	Santa Fe 35°40′56.21″N 105°56′22.77″W	490 Old Santa Fe Trail	1964–1966	35 (est.)[35]	Only round state capitol
	New York State Capitol	Albany 42°39′9.19″N 73°45′26.36″W	State Street & Washington Avenue	1867–1899	220[36]	NHL, NRHP U.S. Historic District Contributing property
	North Carolina State Capitol North Carolina State Legislative Building	Raleigh 35°46′49″N 78°38′21″W 35°46′59.53″N 78°38′20.24″W	1 E Edenton Street (capitol) 16 W Jones Street (legislative building)	1833–1840 1963 (Legislative Building)	98[37]	NHL, NRHP U.S. Historic District Contributing property The State Capitol is no longer used by the state legislature, which now meets in the State Legislative building
	North Dakota State Capitol	Bismarck 46°49′14.93″N 100°46′57.87″W	600 E Boulevard Avenue	1920–1924 1931–1934 (office tower & wing)	242[38]
	Ohio Statehouse	Columbus 39°57′41″N 82°59′56″W	1 Capitol Square	1837–1861	158[39]	NHL, NRHP
	Oklahoma State Capitol	Oklahoma City 35°29′32.21″N 97°30′12.14″W	2300 N Lincoln Boulevard	1914–1917 2000–2002 (dome)	255[40]	NRHP
	Oregon State Capitol	Salem 44°56′19.43″N 123°1′48.35″W	900 Court Street NE	1935 1977 (wings)	162[41]	NRHP
	Pennsylvania State Capitol	Harrisburg 40°15′52″N 76°52′0″W	501 N 3rd Street	1904–1906[42]	272[43]	NHL, NRHP U.S. Historic District Contributing property
	Rhode Island State House	Providence 41°49′51″N 71°24′54″W	82 Smith Street	1895–1904	223[44]	NRHP
	South Carolina State House	Columbia 34°0′1.56″N 81°1′59.33″W	1100 Gervais Street	1855–1907	180[45]	NHL, NRHP
	South Dakota State Capitol	Pierre 44°22′1.8″N 100°20′46.87″W	500 E Capitol Avenue	1905–1911	161[46]	NRHP
	Tennessee State Capitol	Nashville 36°9′57″N 86°47′3″W	600 Dr. M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard	1845–1859	206[47]	NHL, NRHP
	Texas State Capitol	Austin 30°16′29″N 97°44′26″W	1100 Congress Avenue	1881–1888 1993 (underground extension)	311[48]	NHL, NRHP Largest state capitol
	Utah State Capitol	Salt Lake City 40°46′38″N 111°53′17″W	350 State Street	1912–1916 2004-2008 (major restoration and renovation)	286[49]	NRHP
	Vermont State House	Montpelier 44°15′44″N 72°34′51″W	115 State Street	1834–1836	136[50]	NHL, NRHP
	Virginia State Capitol	Richmond 37°32′19.53″N 77°26′0.94″W	1000 Bank Street	1785–1790 1904–1906 (wings); restored, renovated and expanded 2004–2007	83[51]	NHL, NRHP 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	416 Sid Snyder Avenue SW	1919–1928 (legislative building)	287[52]	NRHP U.S. Historic District
	West Virginia State Capitol	Charleston 38°20′11″N 81°36′44″W	1900 Kanawha Boulevard E	1924–1932	292[53]	NRHP U.S. Historic district Contributing property
	Wisconsin State Capitol	Madison 43°4′28″N 89°23′5″W	2 E Main Street	1906–1917 1988-2002 (major renovation and restoration)	284[54]	NHL, NRHP
	Wyoming State Capitol	Cheyenne 41°8′25″N 104°49′11″W	200 W 24th Street	1886–1890 1915–1917 (House and Senate chambers)	146[55]	NHL, NRHP

Territorial and federal district capitols

Photograph	Capitol name	Location	Years of current capitol construction	Notes
	American Samoa Fono Building	Fagatogo 14°16′42″S 170°41′20″W	1973	Demolished in 2017; replacement is under construction.
	John A. Wilson Building District Building	Washington, D.C. 38°53′41″N 77°1′54″W	1904–1908	NRHP Originally called the District Building until renamed in 1994 after district councilor John A. Wilson
	Guam Congress Building	Hagåtña 13°28′30″N 144°45′8″E	1949	NRHP
	Northern Mariana Islands Commonwealth Legislature Building	Capitol Hill 15°12′42″N 145°45′17″E	1948
	Puerto Rico Commonwealth Capitol	San Juan 18°28′8″N 66°6′22″W	1921–1929	NRHP
	United States Virgin Islands Legislature Building	Charlotte Amalie 18°20′24″N 64°55′46″W	1828

See also

• List of capitals in the United States
• Cherokee National Capitol
• Choctaw Nation Capitol
• Chickasaw Nation Capitol
• Creek National Capitol