Maryland State House

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historic building state capitol building

The Maryland State House is the historic state capitol building in Annapolis that serves as the seat of Maryland’s legislative and executive branches.

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historic building → state capitol building →
architecturalStyle	Georgian architecture →
constructionEndDate	1779 →
constructionStartDate	1772 →
coordinates	38.9786°N 76.4903°W →
country	United States →
governingBody	State of Maryland →
hasCollection	Revolutionary War era artifacts → portraits of Maryland governors →
hasDomeHeight	approximately 181 feet →
hasFeature	cupola → large wooden dome → lightning rod designed by Benjamin Franklin →
hasFloorCount	3 →
hasHistoricDistrict	Annapolis Historic District →
hasNickname	State House Dome →
hasVisitorFunction	museum exhibits →
hasWing	old House of Delegates chamber → old Senate chamber →
houses	Maryland House of Delegates chamber → Maryland Senate chamber →
isOpenToPublic	true →
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places →
locatedIn	Annapolis → Anne Arundel County → Maryland →
locatedOn	State Circle →
maintainedBy	Maryland Department of General Services →
material	brick →
NHLDesignationDate	1960 →
NRHPDesignationDate	1960 →
NRHPType	National Historic Landmark →
oldestPurposeBuiltStateCapitolStillInUse	true →
opened	1779 →
owner	State of Maryland →
partOf	Annapolis Historic District →
roofMaterial	wooden shingles →
servedAs	meeting place of the Continental Congress from 1783 to 1784 → temporary U.S. Capitol →
servesAs	seat of the Governor of Maryland → seat of the Lieutenant Governor of Maryland → seat of the Maryland General Assembly → seat of the Maryland executive branch offices →
significantEvent	George Washington’s resignation as commander in chief of the Continental Army → ratification of the Treaty of Paris ending the American Revolutionary War →
usedBy	Continental Congress →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Maryland General Assembly → Maryland Senate →	meetsAt
Maryland General Assembly → Maryland House of Delegates →	meetsIn
President of the Senate of Maryland → Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates ("Maryland House of Delegates chamber") →	seat
Western Shore of Maryland ("State House of Maryland") →	contains
Maryland General Assembly →	convenes
Annapolis →	hasLandmark
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland →	hasOfficeIn
Maryland State House ("Maryland Senate chamber") →	houses
St. John’s College, Annapolis →	near
Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates →	officeLocation
Government of Maryland →	seatOfGovernment