The Virginia 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.
Virginia Capitol
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The Galaxie at the Capitol
The 1966 Galaxie at the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond.
Capitol and Capital City History
Designed by Thomas Jefferson and first occupied in 1788, Virginia’s Capitol drew inspiration from a Roman temple and profoundly influenced American civic architecture.
Richmond replaced Williamsburg as capital in 1780 because its inland location offered greater wartime security and better reflected settlement moving westward.