United States Capitol

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capitol building government building seat of legislature

The United States Capitol is the iconic neoclassical building in Washington, D.C., that houses the U.S. Congress and serves as a central symbol of American democracy.

Aliases (27)

U.S. Capitol ×8
Capitol Building ×4
United States Capitol dome ×3
Senate wing of the United States Capitol ×2
U.S. Capitol dome ×2
United States Capitol Building ×2
United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. ×2
West Front of the United States Capitol ×2
Capitol dome ×1
Hall of the House of Representatives ×1
House Chamber of the United States Capitol ×1
House wing of the United States Capitol ×1
Rotunda ×1
Seat of the Government of the United States ×1
U.S. Capitol Building ×1
U.S. Capitol extensions ×1
United States Capitol (northwest side of Capitol complex) ×1
United States Capitol (original design and completion of central portion) ×1
United States Capitol (statue in National Statuary Hall) ×1
United States Capitol (various interior features) ×1
United States Capitol architecture ×1
United States Capitol building ×1
United States Capitol complex ×1
United States Capitol rotunda ×1
United States Capitol south wing ×1
United States Capitol was burned ×1
temporary U.S. Capitol ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capitol building → government building → seat of legislature →
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture →
constructionStartDate	1793 →
coordinates	38.8899° N, 77.0091° W →
country	United States of America →
domeCompleted	1866 →
eventDate	1814 burning →
firstOccupied	1800 →
hasPart	Capitol Visitor Center → Capitol dome → Crypt → East Front → House wing → Rotunda → Senate wing → Statuary Hall → West Front →
hasStatue	Statue of Freedom →
hasVisitorCenter	Capitol Visitor Center →
height	approximately 88 meters →
houses	United States Congress → United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
locatedOn	Capitol Hill →
managedBy	Architect of the Capitol →
materialUsed	cast iron → marble → sandstone →
near	Library of Congress → Supreme Court of the United States →
nrhpDesignationDate	December 19, 1960 →
nrhpType	National Historic Landmark →
overlooks	National Mall →
ownedBy	United States federal government →
primaryFunction	meeting place of the U.S. Congress →
rebuiltAfter	Burning of Washington →
statueLocation	top of the Capitol dome →
surroundedBy	Capitol grounds →
symbolOf	American democracy → United States federal government →
usedFor	lying in state ceremonies → official addresses → presidential inaugurations → state funerals →
visitorCenterOpened	2008 →

Referenced by (233)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
100th United States Congress → 103rd United States Congress → 107th United States Congress → 108th United States Congress → 111th United States Congress → 112th United States Congress → 113th United States Congress → 116th United States Congress → 118th United States Congress → 41st United States Congress → 63rd United States Congress → 72nd United States Congress → 73rd United States Congress → 74th United States Congress → 75th United States Congress → 76th United States Congress → 81st United States Congress → 82nd United States Congress → 83rd United States Congress → 84th United States Congress → 85th United States Congress → 87th United States Congress → 88th United States Congress → 89th United States Congress → 91st United States Congress → 92nd United States Congress → 94th United States Congress → 95th United States Congress → 96th United States Congress → 98th United States Congress → 99th United States Congress → Subcommittee on Employment and Workforce Safety → United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →	meetsIn
109th United States Congress → 1949 State of the Union Address → 1950 State of the Union Address → 1975 State of the Union Address → 2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → Armed Freedom → Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace → House Majority Leader → House Office of the Clerk → Inaugural Address "Ask not what your country can do for you" → Second Inaugural Address → Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee → Senate Judiciary Committee → Senate Minority Whip → Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs → State funeral of John F. Kennedy → Statue of Freedom → United States House Committee on Ways and Means → United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence → Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way → Westward the Course of Empire Takes Its Way →	location
HELP Committee → House Republican Conference Chair → Joint Economic Committee of Congress → New York congressional delegation → Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities → Senate Select Committee on Intelligence → Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights → Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety → Subcommittee on Intellectual Property → Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security → Subcommittee on the Constitution → Texas congressional delegation → Texas's 36th congressional district → U.S. Congress → U.S. Senate from North Carolina → United States Congress → United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence → Virginia congressional delegation →	meetsAt
2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama → Capitol Visitor Center → Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee → House Committee on Public Works → House Committee on the Judiciary → House Democratic Caucus Chair → House Minority Whip → House Republican Policy Committee Chair → House of Representatives chamber ("Capitol Building") → Mace of the United States House of Representatives → National Statuary Hall → Senate leadership offices ("U.S. Capitol") → Senate press galleries → Statuary Hall → United States Capitol Police ("United States Capitol complex") → United States Senate →	locatedIn
101st United States Congress → 115th United States Congress → 58th United States Congress → 61st United States Congress → 77th United States Congress → 80th United States Congress → 86th United States Congress → 93rd United States Congress → Senate minority party conference → Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism →	meetingPlace
Arlington Estate ("U.S. Capitol") → Arlington Heights → Capitol Reflecting Pool ("United States Capitol dome") → Lincoln Memorial Circle ("U.S. Capitol") → Memorial Bridge ("U.S. Capitol") → National Mall → Pennsylvania Avenue → Washington Monument Grounds →	hasViewOf
Adams Building → Folger Shakespeare Library → Frances Perkins Building → J. Edgar Hoover Building → James Madison Memorial → John Adams Building → National Archives Building → United States War Department building →	locatedNear
Capitol Hill → Capitol Hill ("U.S. Capitol Building") → District of Columbia → Northwest Washington, D.C. ("United States Capitol (northwest side of Capitol complex)") → Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site → Southeast Washington, D.C. → Washington metropolitan area ("U.S. Capitol") →	contains
Constitution Avenue NW → East Building → Louisiana Avenue NW vicinity → Union Station (Washington, D.C.) → United States Botanic Garden → Washington Metro at Union Station → West Building →	near
Armed Freedom ("United States Capitol dome") → East Front → Freedom Triumphant in War and Peace ("United States Capitol dome") → House of Representatives chamber → National Statuary Hall → Senate wing → West Front →	partOf
Clerk of the United States House of Representatives → President of the United States Senate → Senate Committee on Public Works → United States House of Representatives Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs →	seat
Chief of the United States Capitol Police → Sergeant at Arms of the Senate → U.S. Representative → United States Senator from New York →	workLocation
Capitol Reflecting Pool → East Front ("House wing of the United States Capitol") → East Front ("Senate wing of the United States Capitol") →	adjacentTo
United States Capitol ("Capitol dome") → United States Capitol ("Rotunda") → United States Capitol Complex →	hasPart
House Majority Whip → House Minority Leader → Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives →	locationOfWork
100th United States Congress ("Capitol Building") → 115th United States Congress ("Capitol Building") → 118th United States Congress ("Capitol Building") →	meetsInBuilding
Benjamin Henry Latrobe → Benjamin Henry Latrobe ("United States Capitol south wing") → Charles Bulfinch ("United States Capitol (original design and completion of central portion)") →	notableWork
Assistant Speaker of the House ("United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.") → President pro tempore of the United States Senate → Speaker of the United States House of Representatives →	officeLocation
Capitol Police Board → Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives →	appliesToJurisdiction
Sergeant at Arms of the Senate → Sergeant at Arms of the Senate ("Senate wing of the United States Capitol") →	hasJurisdiction
Pennsylvania Avenue → Washington, D.C. ("United States Capitol Building") →	hasLandmark
Thomas Crawford → Thomas Crawford ("U.S. Capitol dome") →	hasWorkAt
Washington, D.C. → Washington, D.C. →	hostsInstitution
Intelligence and Interagency Coordination Division → Protective Services Bureau →	jurisdiction
Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C. → Washington Monument →	locatedBetween
106th United States Congress → 110th United States Congress →	metIn
Capitol South station → One First Street NE, Washington, D.C. →	nearbyLandmark
First Street NW → North Capitol Street →	runsNear
Coxey's Army march of 1894 → L’Enfant Plan for Washington, D.C. →	significantPlace
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ("House Chamber of the United States Capitol") →	associatedWithBuilding
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln ("United States Capitol rotunda") →	bodyLyingInStateLocation
Senate wing ("United States Capitol architecture") →	category
Rosa Parks ("United States Capitol (statue in National Statuary Hall)") →	commemoratedIn
Pennsylvania Avenue →	connects
Mid-Atlantic states ("U.S. Capitol") →	containsHistoricalSite
79th United States Congress →	convenedIn
East Capitol Street NE ("U.S. Capitol") →	crossesQuadrantBoundaryAt
National Mall →	easternTerminus
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial →	faces
Congress Hall →	followedBy
Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area ("U.S. Capitol") →	hasMajorInstitution
Neoclassical architecture →	hasNotableExample
Thomas Ball →	hasWorkInCollection
Washington, D.C. →	hosts
Pantheon ("U.S. Capitol dome") →	influenced
El Capitolio →	inspiredBy
September 11 attacks →	intendedTarget
United Airlines Flight 93 →	intendedTargetAccordingToUSGovernment
Senate wing ("United States Capitol Building") →	isPartOf
Capitol Police Board ("United States Capitol building") →	jurisdictionIncludes
Capitol Reflecting Pool →	locatedWestOf
Senate Minority Leader ("United States Capitol, Washington, D.C.") →	locationOfOffice
Capitol Hill →	namedAfter
Supreme Court Building →	nearbyBuilding
Burning of Washington ("United States Capitol was burned") →	notableAction
Rosendale cement ("U.S. Capitol extensions") →	notableUse
Georgia marble →	notableUseIn
Tennessee marble ("United States Capitol (various interior features)") →	notableUseInBuilding
2009 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ("West Front of the United States Capitol") →	oathOfOfficeLocation
Statuary Hall ("Hall of the House of Representatives") →	originalFunction
Thomas Jefferson Building →	overlooks
Independence Avenue →	passesBy
United States Marine Band →	performsAt
"Day of Infamy" speech →	place
Supreme Court Building →	previousLocationOfCourt
Marine Barracks Washington →	proximityTo
Architect of the Capitol →	responsibleFor
Pennsylvania Avenue National Historic Site →	routeBetween
East Capitol Street NE →	runsBy
Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitution ("Seat of the Government of the United States") →	seatOfGovernment
Maryland State House ("temporary U.S. Capitol") →	servedAs
Murder on Capitol Hill →	settingLocation
Aquia Creek area →	stoneUsedIn
United States Capitol grounds →	surrounds
Burning of Washington →	target
2013 U.S. presidential inauguration of Barack Obama ("West Front of the United States Capitol") →	tookPlaceAt
Aquia Creek sandstone →	usedIn
Senate Majority Leader →	worksAt