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State Capitol Building Histories

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Columns salvaged from a U.S. capitol renovation and redesigned by Page as a freestanding sculpture in the U.S. National Arboretum.

Russell Page's Grouping of Old U.S. Capitol Columns, 1988.
Photograph by Howard J. Partridge.

States with Capitol Buildings featuring prominent exterior cupolas are highlighted in yellow.  Historical information appearing on this page comes from the same sources acknowledged on the first page of this gallery.

Click on any picture to see an enlarged version, or to view the other historic images available in the Cupolas of Capitalism Picture Gallery.
 
STATE CITY STATE CAPITOL BUILDING DATE(s) / ARCHITECT(s) BLDG. DESCRIPTION(s), IMAGE(s) and SITE LINK(s)
Indiana Indianapolis 1877-1886 designed and built / Edwin May and Adolph Scherrer.

1904-06, minor renovation to interior finishes & lantern / Unknown architect.

1917-20, first floor stables converted to offices and other modernizations / Herbert Foltz.

1928-29, interior renovations / Unknown architect.

1946-48, modernizations.  Main entry doors replaced with aluminum and glass doors, and monumental doors at north and east sides removed (restored in the 1986 renovation).  Legislative offices created within Senate and House chambers at periphery / Unknown architect.

1964, building sandblasted and dome painted in gold epoxy.  Misc. site  improvements.  Governor's office remodeled / Unknown architect.

1966, 1968, 1974 various interior renovations and modernizations / Unknown architect(s).

1978, major roofing replacement.  Dome clad in copper / Unknown architect.

1984, art glass dome in rotunda cleaned and repaired / Unknown architect.

1986-88, major renovation to recreate the original appearance of the capitol building, under the direction of Schmidt Associates and the Cooler Group, Inc.		 Indiana State Capitol Building. Historic postcard image courtesy of Chris Miller.
Statehouse is a mixture of the Italian Renaissance Revival and NeoGreco styles.  Central circular drum tower capped with dome and cupola.  235 feet tall.  More photos and historical information offsite are available from the official Indiana State House site.  Also offsite is a fine building photo album from photographer Edward Crim, and another from Hector Berky.
Iowa Des Moines 1870-1886 designed and built / begun by John C. Cochrane and Alfred H. Piquenard,
finished by M .E. Bell and W. F. Hackney.

1902-04?, general modernization and repairs from 1904 fire in the North wing / Hallett and Rawson.

1983-present, general modernization and exterior (and later) interior restoration / Bussard-Dikis Associates, now called RDG Planning & Design.		 Iowa State Capitol Building. Historic postcard image courtesy of Chris Miller.
Italian Renaissance Revival capitol building.  Main gold gilded dome and cupola on a central circular drum tower.   4 minor corner domes and cupolas.  275 feet tall. Available offsite is an official photo tour.  Iowa Public television produced this informative website on the capitol building restoration to accompany their "This Old Statehouse" documentary.  RDG, the restoration architects, include a project description and photos on their site.  Still more building photos are available here, from Hector Berky, and here, from Edward Crim.  Also available is this great site about the old state capitol building in Iowa City.
Kansas Topeka 1866-1873, East Wing designed and built / J. G. Haskell and E. Townsend Mix.

1879-1881, West Wing / E. T. Carr and George Ropes.

1884-1906, Central portion and dome and remodel of East Wing / J. G. Haskell, George Ropes, and Kenneth McDonald at various stages.

circa 1917, renovation / ? architect.

1997-present, major renovation / statehouse architect Bill Groth, followed in 2001 by Barry Greis, working with Treanor Architects P.A. 

2002, statue named Ad Astra added to top of the cupola / Richard Bergen, sculptor.		 Kansas State Capitol Building. Historic postcard image courtesy of Chris Miller.
French Renaissance Revival style state capitol.  Central circular drum tower capped with copper dome and cupola.  304 feet tall.  More info offsite with building guides, history, and an online tour from the Kansas State Historical Society, and a photo gallery from the Kansas State Legislature site.  Private collections include a handsome photo album from Hector Berky, another from Edward Crim, and a photo essay, from Flatlander's excellent Kansas Photo Tour.
Kentucky Frankfort
(Old and New Capitol Buildings)		 1827-1830, Old State Capitol designed and built (now a museum run by the Kentucky Historical Society) / Gideon Shyrock.

1905-1910, New State Capitol designed and built / Frank Mills Andrews.

1955, New Capitol renovations, including new plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems / ? architect.

1996, New Capitol exterior renovations, including repairs to dome and art glass skylights / ? architect.		 Historic photo showing the Old Kentucky State Capitol Building. From the Library of Congress's Historic American Buildings Survey.
Greek Revival Old State Capitol is 80 feet tall, with a lantern style cupola topping an interior dome.  The Kentucky Historical Society offers a couple of pictures and a more detailed building history.

Kentucky State Capitol Building. Historic postcard image courtesy of Chris Miller.
The Beaux Arts New Capitol is 210 feet tall.  Central circular drum tower capped with a dome and cupola.  More info offsite with this official virtual tour.  The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives offers this photo essay on Kentucky's capitol buildings, both past and present.  Also available is this interior view, from the Panorama Factory, and a sizable photo album from Edward Crim.

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