Illinois State Capitol
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The Illinois State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois, it houses the legislative and the executive branches of the government of the U.S. state of Illinois.
The current building is the sixth to serve as the capitol since Illinois became a state in 1818. It was built in the architectural styles of the French Renaissance and Italianate. The total cost of the construction was $4,500,000.[1]
Its tall central dome, and tower roofs, are covered in zinc to provide a silvery facade which does not weather.
Illinois State Capitol Media
Detail of the dome interior
Looking west on East Capitol Avenue
One of the pair of female statues added to the west wing staircase in the State Capitol as part of the $50 million renovation from 2011–13.
Lincoln by Andrew O'Connor (1918) at East Front of Capitol
The Capitol grounds holds many statues, such as this one of U.S. Senator Everett Dirksen
References
- ↑ "Illinois Capitol". Sangamon County Historical Society. 23 October 2013. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
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