Follow the Capitol’s dome and Renaissance Revival composition, then compare the nineteenth-century building with its later underground expansion.
1100 Congress Avenue · Austin, TX
Directions ↗- Reported completion / phase
- 1888
- Status
- Standing
- Reported style
- Renaissance Revival
- Reported architect
- Elijah E. Myers, Nicholas J. Clayton
- Recorded role
- Nicholas J. Clayton: Dome advisory board member and furnishings consultant; not original design architect; Elijah E. Myers: Original design architect; Reuben Lindsay Walker directed construction and Nicholas J. Clayton later advised on the dome and furnishings.
- Architect catalogue dates
- Dome advice 1887; furnishings 1888
Timeline
THROUGH TIME
The chronology
- 1888
Reported completion / phase
1882–1888. Designed in 1881 and constructed in 1882–1888. The building’s completion is distinct from Clayton’s later consulting role.
Read the record ↗ - 1983
Records & events
Records & events
- Category
- Building
- Construction records
- Records located
- Blueprints & paperwork
- Viewable online
- Document type
- Original architectural drawings and construction administration records
The State Archives exhibits the dome elevations dated January 10, 1882 (1994/083-33) online. Its finding aid also lists competition and construction drawings. This confirms access to selected original drawings, not a complete as-built plan set.
- 1882 dome elevations — Texas State Library exhibit ↗
- Texas Capitol Building Commission records — Texas State Archives ↗
Damage & destruction
- Fire · 1983 · damaged
Fire damaged the east wing; the Capitol survived and was restored. Event source ↗
“Not yet established” means this catalogue has no verified finding about those documents. It does not mean the records never existed.
The recorded story
A granite statehouse organized around a great central dome, with long wings and richly detailed public interiors.
Sources & record details
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1882–1888. Designed in 1881 and constructed in 1882–1888. The building’s completion is distinct from Clayton’s later consulting role.
Completion of the Capitol is not the duration of Clayton’s consulting work. Elijah E. Myers designed the Capitol.
Source description: A granite statehouse organized around a great central dome, with long wings and richly detailed public interiors.
Also known as: Texas State Capitol — dome advice and furnishings, Texas State Capitol
Sourced building location: 30.27472, -97.74056
Published coordinate for the identified building; not a city-centre estimate.
- Clayton, Nicholas Joseph ↗
Texas State Historical Association · Supports Architectural role and career chronology.
- Texas State Capitol, Chamber Lobby 2nd Floor ↗
Texas Tech University Libraries · Supports Published coordinate used to locate the site; historical identity is established by the other sources., location
- Texas State Capitol ↗
Wikipedia · Supports Building identity, architectural attribution, historical phase, style and published location, location
- Capitol Artifacts and Documents Gallery ↗
Texas State Preservation Board · Supports Myers design and 1888 dedication documentation
Brief source summary; linked records may differ.