nip> At 08:50 AM 1/11/2002 -0600, you wrote: (b) that the Texas State Capitol building is the only state capitol building taller than the US capitol.) </snip> actually, louisiana is tallest. <quote>The Italian Renaissance Revival style Capitol [of Texas] is 585 feet 10 inches long, 299 feet ten inches wide and at 302.64 feet high is approximately 14 feet taller than the national capitol in Washington, D.C. The Texas Capitol is not the tallest state capitol though. The tower style Louisiana Capitol is the tallest. </quote> <cite>http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:nYBNGyV1AiwC:www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/Images.htm+tallest+state+capitol&hl=en</cite> <quote>As the tallest state capitol in the United States, the building is 450 feet high with 34 floors. </quote> <cite>http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:TwgN45I92JMC:www.crt.state.la.us/crt/tourism/capitol/capitol.htm+tallest+state+capitol&hl=en</cite> cheers, natek