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.[1]
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.[2]
Design and construction
In 1959 a commission was formed to guide the construction of a new legislative building[3] to replace the North Carolina State Capitol as the home of the legislature since 1840.[1] Architect Edward Durrell Stone was selected to design the building in partnership with North Carolina firm Holloway & Reeves.[3] The building opened in February 1963.[3]
The building and furnishings cost $5.5 million, or $1.24 for each citizen of North Carolina.[4] Construction required Script error: No such module "convert". of concrete, 145,000 masonry blocks, and Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Script error: No such module "convert"., 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 Script error: No such module "convert".. A Script error: No such module "convert". in the rotunda weighs Script error: No such module "convert".. Brass chandeliers in the chambers and the main stairway are Script error: No such module "convert". and weigh Script error: No such module "convert". each.[4] The building entrance features a Script error: No such module "convert". diameter terrazzo mosaic of the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina.[2]
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.[5]
See also
References
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- Buildings and structures in Raleigh, North Carolina
- North Carolina General Assembly
- Edward Durell Stone buildings
- Tourist attractions in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Government buildings completed in 1963
- 1963 establishments in North Carolina
- State legislative buildings in the United States