National Historic Landmark · Raleigh, North Carolina

North Carolina State Capitol

A listed building in Raleigh, North Carolina, built 1833 in the Neoclassicism style. Added to the National Register in 1970, and a National Historic Landmark.

North Carolina State Capitol
Photo via Wikimedia Commons

The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressCapitol Sq., Raleigh, NC
CountyWake County
ListedFeb 26, 1970
Reference number70000476
Built1833
ArchitectAlexander Jackson Davis
StyleNeoclassicism
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

Where it is

StreetCapitol Sq.
Coordinates35.78320, -78.63863 · Directions ↗

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Why you would stay

Reference

Exists because it is true

Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 70000476. Nothing here is transcribed by hand.