Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska State Capitol
View from the northwest in 2007
General information
Architectural style	Art Deco Neo-Byzantine Gothic Revival
Location	1445 K Street Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.
Coordinates	40°48′29″N 96°41′59″W / 40.80806°N 96.69972°W / 40.80806; -96.69972
Groundbreaking	April 15, 1922
Completed	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Cost	$9,800,449
Height
Tip	400 feet (122 m)
Roof	362 feet (110 m)
Observatory	245 feet (75 m)
Technical details
Floor count	15
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue
Other information
Public transit access	StarTran
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Official name	Nebraska State Capitol
Designated	October 16, 1970
Reference no.	70000372[1]
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Designated	January 7, 1976[2]

The Nebraska State Capitol is the seat of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska and is located in downtown Lincoln. Designed by New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in 1920, it was constructed of Indiana limestone from 1922 to 1932. The capitol houses the primary executive and judicial offices of Nebraska and is home to the Nebraska Legislature—the only unicameral state legislature in the United States.

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."^[3] In 1976, the National Park Service designated the capitol a National Historic Landmark, and in 1997, the Park Service extended the designation to include the capitol grounds, which Ernst H. Herminghaus designed in 1932.