North Carolina State Legislative Building

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The North Carolina State Legislative Building was opened in 1963 and is the current meeting place of the North Carolina General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Carolina.{{cite web | url = http://www.nchistoricsites.org/capitol/stat_cap/default.htm | title = The North Carolina State Capitol Building | accessdate = 2008-06-26 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080724084611/http://www.nchistoricsites.org/capitol/stat_cap/default.htm | archive-date = 2008-07-24 | url-status = dead }}

Location

The Legislative Building is located in Raleigh, across from the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Bicentennial Mall and one block north of the state Capitol.{{cite web|title=NC State Legislature Building|url=http://www.ncleg.net/ncgainfo/buildingbrochure.pdf|publisher=NC General Assembly}}

Design and construction

In 1959 a commission was formed to guide the construction of a new legislative building{{cite web |last1=Blythe |first1=John |title=The State Legislative Building Opened 50 Years Ago Today – NC Miscellany |url=https://blogs.lib.unc.edu/ncm/2013/02/06/the-state-legislative-building-opened-50-years-ago-today/ |website=NC Miscellany |publisher=Library of the University of North Carolina |accessdate=10 July 2020 |date=6 February 2013}} to replace the North Carolina State Capitol as the home of the legislature since 1840. Architect Edward Durrell Stone was selected to design the building in partnership with North Carolina firm Holloway & Reeves. The building opened in February 1963.

The building and furnishings cost $5.5 million, or $1.24 for each citizen of North Carolina.{{cite web | url = http://www.statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/raleigh/LEGISLAT.HTM | title = State Library of N.C. | accessdate = 2008-10-23 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20081024201418/http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/ncsites/raleigh/LEGISLAT.HTM | archivedate = 2008-10-24 }} Construction required {{convert|10500|cuyd}} of concrete, 145,000 masonry blocks, and {{convert|192,000|sqft}} of terrazzo.

Architectural details

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The building contains separate chambers for the North Carolina House of Representatives and North Carolina Senate. Architectural details include a {{convert|22|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}}, red-carpeted stairway that leads from the front entrance to the third floor galleries for the House and Senate, roof gardens and garden courts at the four interior corners. Each pair of brass doors that leads to the House and Senate chambers weighs {{convert|1700|lb}}. A {{convert|12|ft|m|adj=mid|-diameter brass chandelier}} in the rotunda weighs {{convert|750|lb}}. Brass chandeliers in the chambers and the main stairway are {{convert|8|ft|m|abbr=on|adj=mid|in diameter}} and weigh {{convert|625|lb}} each. The building entrance features a {{convert|28|ft|abbr=on}} diameter terrazzo mosaic of the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina.

The building is open to the public Monday through Friday but has recently been closed to the public on the weekends due to ongoing maintenance.{{cite web | url= http://www.ncleg.net/NCGAInfo/visitinglegcomplex.html | title = N.C. General Assembly web site | accessdate = 2008-10-23}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716135026/http://www.visitraleigh.com/visitors/things_to_do/historic_sites/listing.details.php?partner=14800&name=North%20Carolina%20State%20Legislative%20Building VisitRaleigh.com]

Category:Buildings and structures in Raleigh, North Carolina

Category:North Carolina General Assembly

Category:Edward Durell Stone buildings

Category:Tourist attractions in Raleigh, North Carolina

Category:Government buildings completed in 1963

Category:1963 establishments in North Carolina

Category:State legislative buildings in the United States