Old New Mexico State Capitol (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
The Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe served as the New Mexico territorial capitol building starting in 1900 and then became the state capitol building starting in 1912. From 1892 to 1900, the government worked out of the Territorial Court House ( www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/5045137845/ ), and the adjoining judicial offices following the fire that destroyed the territory's previous 1886 Victorian capitol building. This new one shown above cost $140,000 to complete, and was originally a simple three story, silver domed structure. It served in that style for another fifty years, including when, at 1:35 P.M., January 6, 1912, President William Taft signed within its walls the proclamation admitting New Mexico as the 47th state in the Union.
Over the intervening years before the Roundhouse ( www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/368454943/in/set-72... ) was commissioned, various additions were built adjacent to this building. In 1950, a major project got underway to unify the architectural appearance of all the buildings in the complex to the territorial style. The dome, which had often been criticized as not in the spirit of the state, was removed and a 105-foot tower was added at the north end of the building. The building is now known as the Bataan Memorial Building, and houses numerous offices for the State Government. The old capitol is almost entirely obscured by the later additions, but its third-story arched windows are still recognizable.
Old New Mexico State Capitol (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
The Bataan Memorial Building in Santa Fe served as the New Mexico territorial capitol building starting in 1900 and then became the state capitol building starting in 1912. From 1892 to 1900, the government worked out of the Territorial Court House ( www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/5045137845/ ), and the adjoining judicial offices following the fire that destroyed the territory's previous 1886 Victorian capitol building. This new one shown above cost $140,000 to complete, and was originally a simple three story, silver domed structure. It served in that style for another fifty years, including when, at 1:35 P.M., January 6, 1912, President William Taft signed within its walls the proclamation admitting New Mexico as the 47th state in the Union.
Over the intervening years before the Roundhouse ( www.flickr.com/photos/courthouselover/368454943/in/set-72... ) was commissioned, various additions were built adjacent to this building. In 1950, a major project got underway to unify the architectural appearance of all the buildings in the complex to the territorial style. The dome, which had often been criticized as not in the spirit of the state, was removed and a 105-foot tower was added at the north end of the building. The building is now known as the Bataan Memorial Building, and houses numerous offices for the State Government. The old capitol is almost entirely obscured by the later additions, but its third-story arched windows are still recognizable.