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Stop 17 of 18 · Santa Fe audio walking tour

New Mexico State Capitol

Santa Fe · 1966 · Newest Circular State Capitol

What you'll hear here: about 90 seconds of narration about New Mexico State Capitol, and how it fits Santa Fe, written to be listened to on the spot rather than read at home.

Here is the Roundhouse, the New Mexico State Capitol. This is the seat of government of the U.S. state of New Mexico, located in central Santa Fe. It houses both chambers of the New Mexico Legislature and the offices of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Secretary of State.

It is commonly known as "the Roundhouse": one of only eleven state capitols without a dome and the only circular state capitol in the United States. Designed by local architect W.C. Kruger and constructed between 1964 and 1966, this building is the newest of any U.S. state capitol after Hawaii and Florida. Its design embraces the New Mexico territorial style, blending the neoclassical elements common to capitols with regional indigenous, Spanish, and Mexican influences.

You are also standing within the Capitol Complex in central Santa Fe that includes the main offices of other executive agencies and the seat of the New Mexico Supreme Court and New Mexico Court of Appeals. New Mexico has had four territorial and state capitols, including the Palace of the Governors, built in 1610 and the oldest in the United States. Nearby in the same Capitol Complex sit the New Mexico Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals.

Where it is

Coordinates
35.6823, -105.9397
Area
Santa Fe
Era
1966 · Newest Circular State Capitol
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