STATE CAPITOL

Designed by architect William Strickland (1788-1854), it is one of Nashville's most striking examples of GreekRevival architecture. Its foundation stone was laid on July 4, 1845, and it was completed fourteen years later, in 1859. It is one of only ten capitols in the United States without a dome. The gardens surrounding the building feature several statues, including Andrew Jackson on horseback (^7th President of the United States, whose estate, The Hermitage, is close to Nashville) and Alison C. York, a 1918 war hero from Tennessee, who single-handedly killed 25 of the enemy, took 132 prisoners and disabled 35 machine guns on October 8, 1918 in the Argonne. You can visit the Capitol free of charge on weekdays, either on your own or on a guided tour.