North Carolina State Capitol
Contributors:
William W. Birth, superindendent, masonry department (1833-1834);
Thomas Bragg, Sr., supervisor (1830s);
John J. Briggs, carpenter (1830s);
Thomas H. Briggs, Sr., carpenter (1830s);
Alexander Jackson Davis, architect (1830s);
William Drummond, supervisor (1830s);
Robert Findlater, stonecutter (1830s);
Asa King, carpenter (1830s);
William Murdoch, stonecutter (1830s);
William Nichols, architect (1830s);
William Nichols, Jr., architect (1830s);
David Paton, architect and supervisor (1830s);
Henry J. Patterson, brickmaker (1830s);
William Percival, architect (1858);
James Puttick, stonecutter (1830s);
William Strickland, consulting architect (1830s);
William Stronach, stonecutter (1830s);
Town and Davis, architects (1830s);
Ithiel Town, architect (1830s)
Dates:
1833-1840
Location:
Raleigh, Wake County
Street Address:
Union Square, Raleigh, NC
Status:
Standing
Type:
Public
Images Published In:
Catherine W. Bishir, North Carolina Architecture (1990).
Catherine W. Bishir and Michael T. Southern, A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont North Carolina (2003).
Edward T. Davis and John L. Sanders, A Romantic Architect in Antebellum North Carolina: The Works of Alexander Jackson Davis (2000).
Note:
Although sometimes credited solely to Town and Davis, the design of the capitol was the result of a sequence of work by William Nichols, Sr. and Jr., Town and Davis, and David Paton, with advice from William Strickland. For a fuller explanation of the chronology and contributions of architects involved in the State Capitol, see Bishir, North Carolina Architecture and other sources cited herein.