Nebraska State Capitol

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government building historic building skyscraper-style capitol state capitol building

The Nebraska State Capitol is a distinctive Art Deco-influenced skyscraper-style statehouse in Lincoln, renowned for its central tower crowned by the “Sower” statue and its innovative early 20th-century architectural design.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Nebraska State Capitol canonical 10
Nebraska Capitol 1
Nebraska State Capitol National Historic Landmark complex 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government building ⓘ
historic building ⓘ
skyscraper-style capitol ⓘ
state capitol building ⓘ
architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue ⓘ
architecturalStyle Art Deco ⓘ
Classical Revival influences ⓘ
Gothic Revival influences ⓘ
Neo-Byzantine ⓘ
completionDate 1932 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1922 ⓘ
coordinates 40.8064°N 96.6995°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designSelectedBy architectural competition ⓘ
function seat of government of the State of Nebraska ⓘ
governingBody Nebraska ⓘ
surface form: State of Nebraska
hasDome yes ⓘ
hasNickName The Tower on the Plains ⓘ
hasObservationDeck yes ⓘ
hasStatue The Sower ⓘ
height approximately 400 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
heritageDesignationDate 1976 ⓘ
houses Nebraska Legislature ⓘ
Nebraska Supreme Court ⓘ
Office of the Governor of Nebraska ⓘ
inaugurationDate 1932 ⓘ
listedOn National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn Lincoln, Nebraska ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Nebraska ⓘ
surface form: State of Nebraska
materialUsed Indiana limestone ⓘ
notableFeature central tower crowned by The Sower statue ⓘ
cross-shaped base plan ⓘ
domed rotunda ⓘ
mosaic and mural interior decoration ⓘ
NRHPListingDate 1970s ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 74001132 ⓘ
numberOfFloors 15 ⓘ
owner Nebraska ⓘ
surface form: State of Nebraska
publicAccess guided tours available ⓘ
region Great Plains ⓘ
replaced second Nebraska state capitol building ⓘ
third Nebraska state capitol building ⓘ
roofType domed roof over central crossing ⓘ
statueSculptor Lee Lawrie ⓘ
symbolizes agricultural heritage of Nebraska ⓘ
usedFor executive offices ⓘ
judicial proceedings ⓘ
legislative sessions ⓘ

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Nebraska State Capitol design (initial design and plan) → category → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
Lincoln, Nebraska → hasLandmark → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
Lincoln, Nebraska → hasCapitolBuilding → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
Nebraska Legislature → meetsIn → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
Lee Lawrie → notableWork → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sower (Nebraska State Capitol)
Lee Lawrie → notableWork → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nebraska State Capitol sculptural program
Lee Lawrie → workedOn → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
The Sower → locatedIn → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
The Sower → partOf → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nebraska State Capitol National Historic Landmark complex
The Sower → commissionedFor → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nebraska State Capitol tower
Office of the Governor of Nebraska → locatedInBuilding → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
Nebraska Supreme Court → building → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
The Tower on the Plains → refersTo → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
The Tower on the Plains → alsoKnownAs → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
subject surface form: Nebraska State Capitol
this entity surface form: Nebraska Capitol
The Tower on the Plains → alsoKnownAs → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ
subject surface form: Nebraska State Capitol
this entity surface form: Nebraska Statehouse
Lancaster County, Nebraska → contains → Nebraska State Capitol ⓘ