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The North Carolina State Capitol is the former seat of the legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina which housed all of the state's government until 1888. The Supreme Court and State Library moved into a separate building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved into the State Legislative Building in 1963.
A capitol typically contains the meeting place for its state's legislature and offices for the state's governor, though this is not true for every state. The legislatures of Alabama , Nevada , and North Carolina meet in other nearby buildings, but their governor's offices remain in the capitol.
The North Carolina State House was built from 1792 to 1796 as the state capitol for North Carolina. It was located at Union Square in the state capital, Raleigh , in Wake County . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building was extensively renovated in the neoclassical style by William Nichols , the state architect, from 1820 to 1824. [ 3 ]
The North Carolina State Capitol Building in downtown Raleigh has been closed to the public for nearly a year as the dome and roof is replaced. It is set to reopen in July 2024.
The North Carolina state House map passed by the General Assembly on Oct. 25, 2023, to use in the 2024 elections. Changes to NC congressional districts for 2024.
Reporter Sarah Gleason finds the business that happens in NC's political buildings just as interesting as the structures that make it possible.
North Carolina State Capitol, c. 1861; Governor David S. Reid is in the foreground Raleigh, North Carolina in 1872 North Carolina State Treasurers Office in State Capitol, c. 1890s. In 1808, Andrew Johnson, the United States' future 17th President, was born at Casso's Inn in Raleigh. [24]
Alternative view of the main façade. The building contains separate chambers for the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate.Architectural details include a 22-foot-wide (6.7 m), red-carpeted stairway that leads from the front entrance to the third floor galleries for the House and Senate, roof gardens and garden courts at the four interior corners.