Declared a National Historic Landmark in 1979, this is the state capital building in Albany NY. Completed in 1899 after 25 years of construction at a cost of 25 million dollars, it was both ridiculed and admired for it's design. Since it's completion it has been used by a succession of governors, many who went on to become President of the United States including, Grover Cleveland, Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt and others who ran for the presidency and lost like Thomas Dewey as well as Nelson Rockefeller who was three times unsuccesful in his bid for the presidential nomination of the democratic party. Today, the Capital building is being restored to it's original appearance a century ago while improvements are being added ensuring the needs of the New York State government will be met in the years ahead.