state capitol
Governor's official building
A state capitol is the building where a U.S. state legislature meets and conducts official business.
Each state has one, typically located in the state capital: The Oregon State Capitol sits in Salem.
Note the spelling distinction: capitol with an *o* is the building; capital with an *a* is the city.
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- golden domeBright metal-covered roof hemisphere
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- chamberEnclosed room or cavity
senate · legislature · assembly · inauguration · press conference · flag · neoclassical · statehouse · portico · protests · landmark · governor · sworn in · preservation · marble · legislative session · hearings · hall
- Little RockLittle Rock, Hillcrest, Levy, Riverdale, Galloway
- government buildingscourthouse, legislative building, senate building, administrative building, administration building
- IllinoisChicago, Springfield, Land of Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln, downstate
- KentuckyLouisville, Lexington, Frankfort, Kentucky Derby, bourbon
- legislaturebill, senators, senator, legislators, representative
- California governmentlegislature, executive branch, judicial branch, governor, lieutenant governor
state capitolU.S. Capitol
Seat of American legislature
city hall · county courthouse · municipal building · Washington D.C. · town hall
state capitolrural town
Small settlement in farmland
backwater · provincial town · small town · hinterland · outskirts
state capitolgovernor's mansion
Official home of state leader
state supreme court · executive mansion · administrative building · state prison