National Historic Landmark · Richmond (Independent City), Virginia

Virginia State Capitol

Built 1785 by Thomas Jefferson. Added to the National Register in 1966, and a National Historic Landmark.

National Historic Landmark Built 1785 Listed 1966 Palladian architecture Thomas Jefferson

Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property type	Building
Address	Capitol Square, Richmond (Independent City), VA
Independent city	City of Richmond
Listed	Oct 15, 1966
Listed for	Politics and government, Architecture
Level of significance	National
Also known as	Confederate Capitol; Capitol of Virginia
Reference number	66000911
Built	1785 · more from the 1780s
Architect	Thomas Jefferson
Style	Palladian architecture
Designations	National Historic Landmark, Virginia Historic Landmark

Visiting

Address	Capitol Square, Richmond (Independent City), VA
Coordinates	37.5388° N, 77.4336° W · Directions ↗
Also in Richmond (Independent City)	230 listed places in Richmond (Independent City) → · walking tours →

Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Guidebooks to historic places in Virginia

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Historical Tours Alexandria, Virginia
Frederick Knops, 2017
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Plantations of Virginia
Charlene C. Giannetti and Jai Williams, 2017
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George Washington's Virginia
John R. Maass, 2017
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Historic Sites in Virginia's Northern Neck and Essex County
Thomas A. Wolf, 2011
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Reference

Questions people ask

When was Virginia State Capitol listed on the National Register?

Oct 15, 1966. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Virginia State Capitol built?

1785, designed by Thomas Jefferson, in the Palladian architecture style.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Virginia State Capitol?

Capitol Square, Richmond (Independent City), City of Richmond, Virginia.

Source: National Park Service

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 66000911. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.