abstract:The Washington State Capitol or Legislative Building in Olympia is the home of the government of the state of Washington. It contains chambers for the Washington State Legislature and offices for the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state and treasurer and is part of a campus consisting of several buildings.
President Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson selected a later version of Mister Thornton's design for the Capitol.
VOA: special.2010.01.27
State Senator Jim Kastama was in a meeting with fellow Democrats on the third floor of the WashingtonstateCapitol building in Olympia when the quake struck.
And when he took the oath of office as governor of Washington, he did so in the statecapitol building not one mile from the home where his grandfather worked as a servant all those years ago.