United States Capitol dome
The United States Capitol dome is the dome located above the rotunda of the United States Capitol.
The dome is 288 feet (88 m) in height and 96 feet (29 m) in diameter.[1]
It was designed by Thomas U. Walter, the fourth Architect of the Capitol, and constructed between 1855 and 1866 at a cost of $1,047,291.[2]
United States Capitol Dome Media
The United States Capitol in 1846 following the addition of Charles Bulfinch's dome
An 1859 cross-section drawing of the dome and its supporting structure by Thomas Ustick Walter
The March 4, 1861 inauguration of Abraham Lincoln with the unfinished capitol dome visible
The Apotheosis of Washington, an 1865 fresco by Constantino Brumidi
The Statue of Freedom, a bronze statue that, since 1863, has crowned the dome of the U.S. Capitol
Scaffolding on the Capitol dome during the 1993 restoration of the Statue of Freedom
View of the floor of the Rotunda from the interior balcony directly beneath the Apotheosis of Washington, 180 feet (55 m) above the Rotunda floor
The dome appears on the obverse of the 1989 Congress Bicentennial commemorative $5 Gold Half Eagle
References
- ↑ "United States Capitol". Building Big Databank. Boston: WGBH-TV – via PBS.
- ↑ "Capitol Dome". Architect of the Capitol.
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