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Front Elevation.

View of the Minnesota State Capitol Building.
Historic postcard image courtesy of Chris Miller.

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.

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STATE CITY STATE CAPITOL BUILDING DATE(s) / ARCHITECT(s) BLDG. DESCRIPTION(s), IMAGE(s) and SITE LINK(s)
Michigan Lansing 1871-78, Capitol designed and built / Elijah E. Myers.

1989-92, restoration / Richard C. Frank FAIA (restoration architect) with Wigen, Tincknell, Meyer and Assoc., Architects Four, Inc., and Quinn Evans Architects.		 Exterior view of the Michigan State Capitol Building. Historic postcard image courtesy of Chris Miller.
Italian Renaissance Revival capitol building features a central circular drum tower with dome and cupola.  267 feet tall.  More info offsite with this official virtual tour.  Also available is this building summary, and this short photo essay covering Michigan's succession of capitol buildings.
Minnesota St. Paul 1893-1905, Capitol designed and built / Cass Gilbert. General view of the Minnesota State Capitol Building. Photo courtesy of Pat & Debbi Furrie, taken in June of 2003.
Italian Renaissance Revival state capitol building.  Central circular drum tower capped with dome and cupola.  223 feet tall.  More info offsite with a video from the Minnesota state legislature site, and a short building description from the Minnesota Historical Society.  Also available is this photo gallery, from the 2havefun site, and some interior views, from the Panorama Factory.
Mississippi Jackson
(Old and New Capitol Buildings)		 1836-39, Old Capitol designed and built / started by John Lawrence, completed by William Nichols.

1901-03, New Capitol designed and built / Theodore C. Link.

ca. 1916, nearly abandoned Old Capitol renovated for state offices / ? Architect.

1959-61, Old Capitol renovated and reopened as Museum of Mississippi History / ? Architect.

1979-83, Capitol restoration / ? Architect.

2006-09 (projected date of completion), Old Capitol restoration after severe damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita / Robert Parker Adams, preservation architect.		 Historic photo showing the front elevation of the Old Mississippi State Capitol Building. From the Library of Congress's Historic American Buildings Survey.
Greek Revival Old Capitol with dome and cupola.  More info offsite with this picture and brief description at the Old Capitol Museum website.

20th century photo showing an oblique front view of the Mississippi State Capitol Building. From the Library of Congress's Historic American Buildings Survey.
Beaux Arts style New Capitol Building.  Central circular drum tower capped with dome, cupola and statue of an eagle.  180 feet tall.  More info offsite with this official picture and building data from the state legislature website, and pictures and building histories of past and present capitols from the Mississippi Library Commission.  A building photo album is available from photographer Edward Crim.
Missouri Jefferson City 1911-17 Capitol designed and built / Evarts Tracy and Egerton Swartout.

1917-28 ongoing building improvements  (mostly cosmetic) / Tracy and Swartout.		 Historic photo showing the west front of the Missouri State Capitol Building. From the Library of Congress's Historic American Buildings Survey.
Beaux Arts style capitol building with central circular drum tower that is capped with a dome and cupola. Approx. 262 feet tall.  A statue of Ceres, the mythological Greek Goddess of Agriculture, tops the cupola.  More info and photos offsite with an official site offering general info and a video tour. A copy of the video appears along with construction photos and historic postcards on the MissouriNet.com site.  A handsome photo album is available from Edward Crim.  A building description is available here.
Montana Helena 1896-1902, Capitol's central portion and dome designed and built / Charles Emlen Bell and John Hackett Kent.

1909-1912, East and West wings added / Frank M. Andrews with Link and Hare.

1995-2000, major restoration / A&E Architects.

2006, Century old mystery to name the sculpture capping the capitol dome put at rest.  Positively identified as the work of Edward J. Van Landeghem of Philidelphia, PA.  He had titled it Montana.  Prior to this time, people had referred to it as Lady (or the Goddess of) Liberty.		 Front view of the Montana State Capitol Building. Photo courtesy of Pat & Debbi Furrie, taken in June of 2003.
Greek / Italian Renaissance Revival capitol building.  Features a cubical central cupola tower block carrying a copper covered dome and a statue named Montana.  The capitol building is 165 feet tall.  Offsite, the excellent Montana State capitol website offers virtual tours and more building info.  Also available offsite is this photo essay from A&E Architects; capitol tours and another photo essay from the Montana Historical Society; and pictures of the capitol grounds and an essay on Montana government from Travel Montana.

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