New York State Capitol

New York State Capitol
New York State Capitol
	The New York State Capitol viewed from the southwest
General information
Architectural style	Romanesque Revival, Neo-Renaissance
Town or city	Albany, New York
Country	United States
Construction started	1867
Completed	1899
Cost	$25 million
Client	State of New York
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Thomas Fuller; Leopold Eidlitz; Henry Hobson Richardson; Isaac G. Perry;
	New York State Capitol
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	New York State Register of Historic Places
Part of	Lafayette Park Historic District (ID78001837)
NRHP reference No.	71000519
NYSRHP No.	00140.000311
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	February 18, 1971
Designated NHL	January 29, 1979
Designated CP	November 15, 1978
Designated NYSRHP	June 23, 1980

The New York State Capitol, the seat of the New York state government, is located in Albany, the capital city of the U.S. state of New York. The capitol building is part of the Empire State Plaza complex on State Street in Capitol Park. Housing the New York State Legislature, the building was completed in 1899 at a cost of US$25 million (equivalent to $774 million in modern dollars^[3]), making it the most expensive government building of its time.^[4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, then included as a contributing property when the Lafayette Park Historic District was listed in 1978. The New York State Capitol was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1979.^[1]^[5]

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^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
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^ Carolyn Pitts (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: New York State Capitol". National Park Service. Retrieved August 23, 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) and New York State Capitol exterior undated photo; 289 KiB