The Alaska Capitol is one stop in the Galaxie’s continuing journey to photograph America’s state capitol buildings. This page is ready to grow as new photographs and stories are added.
Alaska Capitol
Reference photograph and information from Wikipedia.
The Galaxie at the Capitol
This space is reserved for the 1966 Galaxie in front of the Alaska Capitol.
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Capitol and Capital City History
Alaska’s Capitol began as a federal territorial building and was completed in 1931. Its restrained Art Deco design, faced with brick and Indiana limestone, looks more like a substantial office building than the domed capitols familiar in many other states.
Sitka had been the territorial capital, but Juneau’s rise as a mining, shipping, and commercial center led Congress to transfer the seat of government there in 1906. Juneau remained the capital when Alaska achieved statehood in 1959.