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Item Title
Texas State Capitol, Eleventh Street at Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
LocationEleventh Street at Congress Avenue,
Austin, TX
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS TX-3326
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-149; FN-217).
Building/structure dates:
1888 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1983 subsequent work
National Register Number: 70000770
Significance: A fine pink granite building with Renaissance detailing. Design chosen by Napoleon le Brun in a competition. Myers, the architect, also designed the capitol of Michigan, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.
Subjects
Capitols
Related Names
Myers, Elijah E.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION (HORIZONTAL) FROM SOUTHWEST
2. SOUTH ELEVATION (VERTICAL) FROM SOUTHWEST
3. SOUTH ELEVATION (HORIZONTAL) FROM SOUTH
4. SOUTH ELEVATION (VERTICAL) FROM SOUTH
5. DETAILS OF DOORWAY, SOUTH ELEVATION
6. DETAILS OF DOME, SOUTHWEST ELEVATION
7. DETAILS OF DOME, SOUTHEAST ELEVATION
8. ROTUNDA
9. HALLWAY
10. HALLWAY
11. ROOM
12. HOUSE CHAMBER
13. SENATE CHAMBER
14. DETAIL OF BRACKETS IN ROTUNDA
15. DETAIL OF STAIRWAY
16. DETAIL OF FLOOR
17. DETAIL OF DOORWAY, SENATE CHAMBER
18. DETAIL OF DOORWAY, GOVERNOR'S BUSINESS OFFICE
19. SECOND FLOOR, ROTUNDA
20. INTERIOR OF DOME
21. Photocopy of map from Austin Public Library Augustus Koch, delineator 1887 AERIAL VIEW TOWARD NORTH
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