Virginia State Capitol

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government building historic landmark state capitol building

The Virginia State Capitol is the historic seat of Virginia's state government, designed in part by Thomas Jefferson and renowned as an influential example of neoclassical civic architecture in the United States.

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Label Occurrences
Virginia State Capitol canonical 15
Confederate Capitol in Richmond 1
House of Delegates chamber in Virginia State Capitol 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government building ⓘ
historic landmark ⓘ
state capitol building ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
city Richmond ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1785 ⓘ
coordinates 37.5392°N 77.4348°W ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designer Charles-Louis Clérisseau ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
governingBody Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
hasComponent Capitol portico ⓘ
House of Delegates chamber ⓘ
The Rotunda ⓘ
surface form: Rotunda

Senate chamber ⓘ
hasDome false ⓘ
hasFloorCount 3 ⓘ
hasFunction ceremonial space for state functions ⓘ
legislative chamber for Senate of Virginia ⓘ
legislative chamber for Virginia House of Delegates ⓘ
hasPortico true ⓘ
hasStatue George Washington statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter underground extension and visitor center ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
inaugurationDate 1788 ⓘ
inspiredBy Maison Carrée in Nîmes ⓘ
surface form: Maison Carrée
locatedIn Capitol Square ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
stucco ⓘ
NHLDesignationDate December 19, 1960 ⓘ
notableFor early example of neoclassical civic architecture in the United States ⓘ
influence on later American public architecture ⓘ
NRHPListingDate October 15, 1966 ⓘ
NRHPReferenceNumber 66000928 ⓘ
openedForUse 1788 ⓘ
owner Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
partOf Virginia State Capitol self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Virginia State Capitol Historic District
region Southern United States ⓘ
renovation major restoration and expansion completed in 2007 ⓘ
servesAs seat of the Virginia General Assembly ⓘ
seat of the legislative branch of the Commonwealth of Virginia ⓘ
significantEvent served as Capitol of the Confederacy during the American Civil War ⓘ
state Virginia ⓘ
usedBy Confederate Congress ⓘ
surface form: Confederate States Congress

Virginia General Assembly ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richmond, Virginia → containsBuilding → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Virginia General Assembly → meetsIn → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Virginia General Assembly → meetsInChambers → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: House of Delegates chamber in Virginia State Capitol
Virginia State Capitol → partOf → Virginia State Capitol self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia State Capitol Historic District
Virginia Executive Mansion → locatedNear → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Confederate Congress → meetsIn → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate Capitol in Richmond
Virginia House of Delegates → seatOfGovernment → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Virginia House of Delegates → meetsIn → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Capitol building (colonial) → reconstructionOf → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia colonial Capitol
Virginia Senate → meetsIn → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Virginia Senate → meetsInChamber → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate chamber of the Virginia State Capitol
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia → seat → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Maison Carrée in Nîmes → inspired → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
subject surface form: Maison Carrée
this entity surface form: Virginia State Capitol in Richmond
Capitol Square → hasMainBuilding → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Capitol Square → hasPart → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Capitol Square → hasLandmark → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
House of Delegates chamber → partOf → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
House of Delegates chamber → locatedInBuilding → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia State Capitol building
Capitol portico → partOf → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
George Washington statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon → location → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia
George Washington statue by Jean-Antoine Houdon → locatedInBuilding → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol
City of Richmond → hasCulturalInstitution → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Richmond → hasHistoricSite → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
subject surface form: Richmond, Virginia
Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia) → location → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
Statue of George Washington (Richmond, Virginia) → locatedInBuilding → Virginia State Capitol ⓘ
this entity surface form: Virginia State Capitol rotunda