The Alaska State Capitol, completed in 1931, doesn’t look much different from any other office building in Juneau, save for the marble columns. According to Alaska’s official website, it is one of the few state capitols that do not feature a dome.
As The New York Times reported in 1981, neither the building nor the location was popular with locals — both were chosen because of cost concerns shaping both construction and relocations. Voters approved a measure in the 1970s to move the capitol, but the effort ultimately failed.
As recently as 2022, Alaskan senators sponsored a bill to move the capital, this time to Willow, reported Alaska Public Media, but for now, Juneau remains the Last Frontier’s capital city.
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