Nebraska State Capitol

<p>The Nebraska State Capitol is the <a href="/facts/Seat_of_government/AqeyzHjK">seat of government</a> of the U.S. state of <a href="/facts/Nebraska/g9hHfRFU">Nebraska</a> and is located in downtown <a href="/facts/Lincoln,_Nebraska/7PpHa1C4">Lincoln</a>. Designed by New York architect <a href="/facts/Bertram_Goodhue/5Kz6C4dX">Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue</a> in 1920, it was constructed of <a href="/facts/Indiana_limestone/vE6TG1AM">Indiana limestone</a> from 1922 to 1932. The capitol houses the primary executive and judicial offices of Nebraska and is home to the <a href="/facts/Nebraska_Legislature/MmuV5m7m">Nebraska Legislature</a>—the only <a href="/facts/Unicameralism/Uv6VUhG4">unicameral</a> state legislature in the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>.
</p><p>The Nebraska State Capitol's 400-foot (120 m) tower can be seen twenty miles (32 km) away. It was the first state capitol to incorporate a functional tower into its design. Goodhue stated that "Nebraska is a level country and its capitol should have some altitude or beacon effect." In 1976, the <a href="/facts/National_Park_Service/KyR15FW6">National Park Service</a> designated the capitol a <a href="/facts/National_Historic_Landmark/gSl4aEdv">National Historic Landmark</a>, and in 1997, the Park Service extended the designation to include the capitol grounds, which Ernst H. Herminghaus designed in 1932.
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Nebraska State Capitol