Mississippi State Capitol

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Beaux-Arts architecture building government building state capitol building

The Mississippi State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Mississippi, housing its legislature and key executive offices in a prominent Beaux-Arts style building.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old Mississippi State Capitol	3
Mississippi State Capitol building	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Beaux-Arts architecture building ⓘ government building ⓘ state capitol building ⓘ
addedToNationalRegisterOfHistoricPlaces	1969 ⓘ
architect	Theodore C. Link NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts ⓘ
coordinates	32.299°N 90.182°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfHeritageDesignation	1969 (National Historic Landmark) ⓘ
endDateOfConstruction	1903 ⓘ
floorCount	3 main floors plus basement ⓘ
function	seat of government of Mississippi ⓘ
hasArtwork	sculptural ornamentation ⓘ stained glass windows ⓘ
hasDome	true ⓘ
hasFeature	grand staircase ⓘ marble interior finishes ⓘ ornate legislative chambers ⓘ
hasPart	House chamber ⓘ Senate chamber ⓘ Supreme Court chamber (former) ⓘ governor’s suite ⓘ rotunda ⓘ
height	approximately 180 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation	Mississippi Landmark ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark
houses	Mississippi House of Representatives ⓘ Mississippi Legislature ⓘ Mississippi State Senate ⓘ surface form: Mississippi Senate offices of the Governor of Mississippi ⓘ offices of the Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi ⓘ
inception	1903 ⓘ
locatedIn	Jackson, Mississippi ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Hinds County, Mississippi ⓘ State of Mississippi ⓘ
maintainedBy	Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration ⓘ
materialUsed	limestone ⓘ marble ⓘ
nearby	Mississippi State Capitol self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Mississippi State Capitol
NRHPReferenceNumber	69000077 ⓘ
opened	1903 ⓘ
owner	State of Mississippi ⓘ
replaced	Mississippi State Capitol self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Old Mississippi State Capitol
roofFeature	central dome ⓘ
significantFor	symbol of Mississippi state government ⓘ
startDateOfConstruction	1901 ⓘ
usedFor	legislative sessions ⓘ official state ceremonies ⓘ public tours ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Mississippi House of Representatives → building → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

Mississippi State Senate → building → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi State Capitol building

Jackson metropolitan area → containsInstitution → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

Jackson, Mississippi → hasLandmark → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Mississippi State Capitol

Mississippi House of Representatives → meetsIn → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

Mississippi Legislature → meetsIn → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

Mississippi State Senate → meetsIn → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

Mississippi Legislature → meetsInBuilding → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mississippi State Capitol building

Mississippi Civil Rights Museum → near → Mississippi State Capitol ⓘ

Mississippi State Capitol → nearby → Mississippi State Capitol self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Mississippi State Capitol

Mississippi State Capitol → replaced → Mississippi State Capitol self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Mississippi State Capitol