Massachusetts State House

state capitol building for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Massachusetts State House

Summary

Massachusetts State House is a capitol building[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of capitol_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Massachusetts State House is located in Boston[3].
  • Massachusetts State House is in the country of United States[4].
  • Massachusetts State House's image is recorded as Boston State House of Massachusetts.JPG[5].
  • Massachusetts State House's instance of is recorded as capitol building[6].
  • Massachusetts State House's architect is recorded as Charles Bulfinch[7].
  • Massachusetts State House's architectural style is recorded as Federal architecture[8].
  • Massachusetts State House's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 316593672[9].
  • Massachusetts State House's part of is recorded as Beacon Hill[10].
  • Massachusetts State House's part of is recorded as Freedom Trail[11].
  • Massachusetts State House's Commons category is recorded as Massachusetts State House[12].
  • +1798-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Massachusetts State House[13].
  • Massachusetts State House's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 42.357708333333, 'lon': -71.063563888889}[14].
  • Massachusetts State House's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/047bjn[15].
  • Massachusetts State House's NRHP reference number is recorded as 66000771[16].
  • Massachusetts State House's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
  • Massachusetts State House's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Vierter Band[18].
  • Massachusetts State House's heritage designation is recorded as National Historic Landmark[19].
  • Massachusetts State House's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places listed place[20].
  • Massachusetts State House's heritage designation is recorded as National Register of Historic Places contributing property[21].
  • Massachusetts State House's GeoNames ID is recorded as 4943378[22].
  • Massachusetts State House's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Massachusetts State House'}[23].
  • Massachusetts State House's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00238104n[24].
  • Massachusetts State House's Quora topic ID is recorded as Massachusetts-State-House[25].
  • Massachusetts State House's archINFORM project ID is recorded as 6451[26].
  • Massachusetts State House's MACRIS ID is recorded as BOS.4092[27].

Body

Geography

Massachusetts State House is in the country of United States[4]. It is located in Boston[3]. Part of include Beacon Hill[10], a neighborhood in Boston[28], in United States[29] and Freedom Trail[11], a themed walk[30], in United States[31], founded in 1951[32].

Designation and Status

Massachusetts State House's instance of is recorded as capitol building[6]. Heritage statuses include National Historic Landmark[19], National Register of Historic Places listed place[20], and National Register of Historic Places contributing property[21].

History and Context

+1798-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Massachusetts State House[13].

Why It Matters

Massachusetts State House ranks in the top 6% of capitol_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (370 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . National Register of Historic Places. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . archinform.net. Retrieved . archinform.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Architect Charles Bulfinch
    Inception
    Wolfram language entity code Entity["Building", "MassachusettsStateHouse::w4xhw"]
    Part of Beacon Hill, Freedom Trail
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4839]]: Entity["Building", "MassachusettsStateHouse::w4xhw"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257096|batch #257096]]"
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