Tennessee State Capitol

The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is the home of the Tennessee legislature. It was designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, who modeled it after a Greek Ionic temple. The building was constructed over a period of ten years from 1845 to 1855. Strickland died a year before the building's completion and was entombed in its Northeast wall. His son, F.W. Strickland, supervised completion of the structure.