Our Minnesota State Capitol: From Groundbreaking through Restoration

The Minnesota State Capitol is both an architectural masterpiece and a revered public building. This beautiful Renaissance Revival structure is the heart of the state's civic life, a place for celebrations, demonstrations, arguments, and accomplishments. It's where history happens.

Completed in 1905, the capitol is a grand building on a grand scale, and it reflected Minnesota's growing cosmopolitanism. Noted architect Cass Gilbert won the design competition and then fought ferociously t…