Massachusetts State House

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government building historic building state capitol building

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.

Aliases (5)

Massachusetts State House, Boston ×3
House Chamber of the Massachusetts State House ×1
Massachusetts State House interior ×1
New State House ×1
State House Dome ×1

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