Massachusetts State House

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The Massachusetts State House is the historic gold-domed capitol building in Boston that serves as the seat of the state’s government and legislature.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf government building
historic building
state capitol building
address 24 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts
architect Charles Bulfinch
architecturalStyle Federal architecture
Neoclassical architecture
completionDate 1798
constructionStartDate 1795
coordinates 42.3587° N, 71.0631° W
country United States
floorCount 3
function meeting place of the Massachusetts General Court
seat of government of Massachusetts
governingBody Massachusetts General Court
hasDome yes
hasPart Doric Hall
Governor’s Office
Grand Staircase
Great Hall of Flags
Hall of Flags
House Chamber
Nurses Hall
Senate Chamber
gold dome
hasPublicTours yes
heritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
houses Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Senate
Office of the Governor of Massachusetts
inception 1795
locatedIn Boston
Massachusetts
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Commonwealth of Massachusetts
locatedInNeighborhood Beacon Hill
locatedOnStreet Beacon Street
maintainedBy Massachusetts Bureau of the State House
material brick
marble
nickname New State House
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000772
opened 1798
ownedBy Commonwealth of Massachusetts
partOf Beacon Hill Historic District
previousBuildingOnSite John Hancock’s pasture
replaces Old State House (Boston)
roofMaterial gold leaf
visitorAttraction yes

Referenced by (42)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Grand Staircase (Massachusetts State House)
Great Hall of Flags
Majority Leader of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Nurses Hall
The Council
locatedIn
Massachusetts General Court
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Massachusetts Senate
Massachusetts state legislature
meetsIn
Boston Common
Government Center, Boston
Park Street station
Pemberton Square, Boston
near
Governor of Massachusetts
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
President of the Massachusetts Senate ("Massachusetts State House, Boston")
seat
Beacon Hill
Boston
hasLandmark
Doric Hall
Office of the Governor of Massachusetts
locatedInBuilding
Government of Massachusetts
Office of the Governor of Massachusetts
seatOfGovernment
The Council
hasMeetingPlace
Maryland State House ("State House Dome")
hasNickname
Charlie Baker ("Massachusetts State House, Boston")
hasOffice
Freedom Trail
hasSite
Massachusetts Bureau of the State House
headquartersLocation
Grand Staircase (Massachusetts State House) ("Massachusetts State House interior")
isCentralFeatureOf
Storrow Drive
isNear
President of the Massachusetts Senate
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
Park Street
locatedNear
Massachusetts Governor's Council
location
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
locationOfOffice
Massachusetts Bureau of the State House
manages
Massachusetts Governor's Council ("Massachusetts State House, Boston")
meetsAt
Massachusetts House of Representatives ("House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House")
meetsInChamber
Pemberton Square
nearby
Massachusetts State House ("New State House")
nickname
Charles Bulfinch
notableWork
Massachusetts Bureau of the State House
usesBuilding
Massachusetts State Representative
workLocation

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