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The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee , is the home of the Tennessee Legislature , and the location of the Governor 's office. It was designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland , who modeled it after a Greek Ionic temple. The building was constructed over a period of ten years from 1845 to 1855 . Strickland died a year before the building's completion and was entombed in its northeast wall. His son, F. W. Strickland, supervised completion of the structure. MONUMENTS Monuments on the capitol grounds include statues of Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson , and the tomb of James K. Polk , honoring the three Tennessee natives who served as President Of The United States . EXTERNAL LINKS
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