The North Carolina Legislative Building was the first to be devoted exclusively to legislative activities. Designed by famed architect Edward Durrell Stone in partnership with Holloway & Reeves of Raleigh, the edifice opened in 1963. The 126th General Assembly held its inaugural session in the new building on February 6, 1963.

Stone designed some of America’s most well-known structures, including Radio City Music Hall and Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center, and he incorporated features of these locations, such as brass fixtures and red carpets, into the Legislative Building. Over the years, the building has had necessary updates while devotedly maintaining its mid-century look and feel. That same union of progress and tradition characterizes North Carolina as a whole, making the Legislative Building a true “People’s House”!

On this website dedicated to the Legislative Building, you will find photos, documents, and other treasures from its history.

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“Here then is a building which embodies consensus of the needs and the dreams and the potential of North Carolinians from the Atlantic to the Appalachians.”

The Honorable Terry Sanford
Governor of North Carolina, 1961-1965

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The State Legislative Building Commission

Thomas J. White, Chairman, Kinston

Robert F. Morgan Vice Chairman, Shelby

Frank B. Turner, Executive Secretary, Raleigh

Archie K. Davis, Winston-Salem
A.E. Finley, Raleigh
Edwin Gill, Laurinburg
Oliver R. Rowe, Charlotte
Byrd I. Satterfield, Timberlake