English: Built in 1845-1859, this Greek Revival-style building was designed by William Strickland for the State of Tennessee to serve as the seat of the seat of the state’s government. The building was the first purpose-built permanent capitol building for Tennessee, constructed shortly after the city became the state’s capital in 1843, after having shifted between various cities in Tennessee since statehood in 1796. The building sits atop a hill at the north end of Downtown Nashville, is clad in limestone with a rusticated base, ionic porticoes on each face of the building with fluted columns, pediments at the gable ends of the north and south ends of the building, and a base plinth below a terrace that surrounds the building’s perimeter. The building’s exteiror features six-over-six, nine-over-nine, and nine-over-twelve double-hung windows, a central cupola atop a rusticated base with a cylindrical drum ringed by engaged fluted corinthian columns, which sits below a finial and flagpole. Inside, the building houses chambers for the Tennessee State Senate and Tennessee State House of Representatives, corridors with vaulted ceilings, a library ringed with cast iron balconies and a cast iron spiral staircase, and a central grand stair hall. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971. Today, the building remains the seat of the Tennessee State Government.