The building is six stories high and made from
brick-faced
reinforced concrete, with a facade of
Indiana limestone on the first two floors. The
portico has four
columns made of Tokeen
marble from
Prince of Wales Island, which is also used for interior trim. Because it lacks the large landscaped grounds of most state capitols, it could appear to be simply an
office building. It is one of only eleven state capitols (along with those of
Florida,
Hawaii,
Louisiana,
New Mexico,
New York,
North Dakota,
Ohio,
Oregon,
Tennessee and
Virginia) that do not feature a
dome. Outside the building is a replica of the
Liberty Bell, of the type given to all states and territories by the federal government in 1950 to help raise support for
savings bond drives. The lobby features
clay murals titled
Harvest of the Land and
Harvest of the Sea, representing
hunting and
fishing, as well as a bust of
Alaska Native activist
Elizabeth Peratrovich. Offices and committee rooms fill the ground and first floors. The second floor houses the chambers of the
Alaska Senate and
Alaska House of Representatives, as well as committee rooms. The walls feature the work of early Juneau
photographers Lloyd Winter and Percy Pond, and busts of the first two
U.S. senators from Alaska,
Bob Bartlett and
Ernest Gruening. The Alaska Governor and Lieutenant Governor's offices are located on the third floor. The executive office doors are made of
black birch, with hand carvings depicting Alaskan industry. The "Hall of Governors" features portraits of governors and lieutenant governors of Alaska from the
District of Alaska era to the present. More legislative offices and committee rooms occupy the fourth floor. The fifth floor holds legislative finance committees. Many areas of the building have been restored to their original 1930s appearance, especially on the second and fifth floors—the latter originally had federal courtrooms. In 2012, the State of Alaska undertook a 4-year, $33 million project to provide seismic upgrades to the building as well as further restore the building to its original appearance. A statue of
William H. Seward was erected in 2017 in front of the Capitol to commemorate the 1867
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