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Texas State Capitol

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The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas, located in downtown Austin, where it houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and the Governor of Texas. It was designed in 1881 by architect Elijah E. Myers and constructed from 1882 to 1888 under civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker, with a 75 million dollar underground extension completed in 1993. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Capitol building 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Austin, United States 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1882 1
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Government / Parliament Building 1
Connections

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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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Source Texas State Capitol (Wikipedia)
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1. Texas State Capitol (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia "Texas State Capitol" intro (read live, w-fk-arch-rel2-0927c, R-K)
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article (standing)
    The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas, located in downtown Austin, where it houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and the Governor of Texas. It was designed in 1881 by architect Elijah E. Myers and constructed from 1882 to 1888 under civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker, with a 75 million dollar underground extension completed in 1993. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and recognized as a National Historic Landmark in 1986.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1882)
    The Texas State Capitol is the capitol and seat of government of the U.S. state of Texas. Located in downtown Austin, Texas, the structure houses the offices and chambers of the Texas Legislature and of the Governor of Texas. Designed in 1881 by architect Elijah E. Myers, it was constructed from 1882 to 1888 under the direction of civil engineer Reuben Lindsay Walker. A $75 million underground ext
  • In Style: Renaissance Revival architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Italian Renaissance Revival
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2. Texas State Capitol (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Capitol building)
    Wikidata item Q2078042, instance of (P31): capitol building
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Austin, United States
    Wikidata item Q2078042, property P131/P17 (location): Austin, United States
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