Minnesota State Capitol
- Architect
- Cass Gilbert
- Year
- 1905
- Style
- Beaux-Arts
- City
- Twin Cities, MN
- Collection
- beaux-arts
The Minnesota State Capitol was completed in 1905 to a design by Cass Gilbert, a nationally significant architect. Built in the Renaissance Revival and Beaux-Arts styles, it is regarded as a textbook example of the American state capitol, its marble dome dominating the surrounding streetscape. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
the building
The dome. The Capitol's iconic marble dome is the building's dominant feature, defining the St. Paul streetscape around it.
the style
Gilbert designed the Capitol in the Renaissance Revival and Beaux-Arts idiom, styles favored for American state capitols of the period, giving the building a classical civic grandeur cited as a textbook example.
More on Beaux-Artsthe architect
Cass Gilbert, a nationally significant architect, designed the Minnesota State Capitol, completed in 1905.
significance
The Minnesota State Capitol is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
nearby
- Minnesota Judicial Center
- Saint Agatha's Conservatory of Music and Arts
- Central Presbyterian Church
- Fitzgerald Theater
- Church of the Assumption
- Mickey's Diner