The Nebraska State Capitol is the seat of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska and is located in downtown Lincoln. Designed by New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in 1920, it was constructed of Indiana limestone from 1922 to 1932. The capitol houses the primary executive and judicial offices of Nebraska and is home to the Nebraska Legislature—the only unicameral state legislature in the United States.
Aerial view from northwest in 2017
The Capitol is sometimes illuminated various colors to honor causes.
Nebraska's first state capitol, c. 1870.
Workers lay track for the Capitol Railroad around the second state capitol, March 1922.
Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers 100.4 square miles (260.035 km2) with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the state's 2nd most populous city and the 73rd-largest in the United States. Lincoln is the economic and cultural anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area in southeastern Nebraska, the Lincoln Metropolitan and Lincoln-Beatrice Combined Statistical Areas. The statistical area is home to 361,921 people, making it the 104th-largest combined statistical area in the United States.
Patch of Lincoln Police Department
Image: Skyline of Downtown Lincoln, Nebraska, USA (2024)
Image: Nebraska State Capitol Building, Lincoln (44016962335)
Image: Lloyd G. Tanner Plaza & Morrill Hall, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
