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Texas State Capitol Building
Hours of Operation
- Open Mon. - Sat. 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Sun. noon - 5:00 p.m.
(512) 463-0063
1100 San Jacinto Blvd
Austin, TX 78701
Austin, TX 78701
Description
Placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, the Texas State Capitol building stands as the largest state capitol in the nation. The distinctive rose exterior of this Renaissance Revival structure is made from Texas red granite, quarried just 50 miles away. Surpassing the height of U.S...
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Updated 06/28/2009
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Austin, Texas is best known for being the capitol city of one of the largest states in the union and for hosting the largest musical festival in the country, South by Southwest. It goes without saying that the burgeoning live music scene here is the...
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One of the prettiest and most marvelous capital buildings in the United States is the brain child and architectural baby of designer architect Elijah E. Myers, originally finished being built in the late 1800s. This near exact replica of the White House is just as grand and is something that shouldn’t be missed when in Texas.