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Building. 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. Note as previously mentioned, the 3D links from Google and MS Bing may require a browser plug-in and repeated loading to display correctly. |
| STATE | CITY | STATE CAPITOL STREET ADDRESS(es) / BUILDING DATE(s) / ARCHITECT(s) | BLDG. DESCRIPTION(s), IMAGE(s) and SITE LINK(s) |
| Michigan | Lansing | 100 N. Capitol Ave. (at W. Michigan Ave.) /
bird's eye views
facing
north, and
rotated
to show front, from MS Bing;
street
and 3D
view from Google Maps; and
3D
model from Google 3D warehouse. 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. |
 Italian Renaissance Revival capitol building features a central circular drum tower with dome and cupola. 267 feet tall from the ground to the top of the dome's finial. More info offsite with this official virtual tour from the State Legislature. Both the "Kid's Page" and the "Capitol Virtual Tour" sections of the State Senate website feature articles on the capitol building and its contents. Still more offsite with this animated virtual tour, a building summary, and this short photo essay covering Michigan's succession of capitol buildings. |
| Minnesota | St. Paul | 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. (at W.
University Ave.) /
bird's
eye view from MS Bing;
street
and 3D
view from Google Maps; and
3D
model from Google 3D warehouse. 1893-1905, Capitol planned, designed, and built / Cass Gilbert. 1937, Capitol's rathskeller (a basement restaurant of Germanic origin and design) remodeled / ? architect. 1944, Capitol Approach (Mall) designed / Clarence Johnston. 1999, Rathskeller restored to original appearance. New kitchen & serving area constructed under north stairs / Kenneth Schwartz of Miller Dunwiddie Inc. 2001, pre-design restoration study developed / Miller Dunwiddie Inc. 2005, 3rd floor ceiling renovation and paint restoration / Miller Dunwiddie Inc. 2005, Legislature appropriated $2.4 million for repair and restoration of Capitol dome and for continued work on restoration plan. 2005-present, restoration plan work continues based on 2001 study / Hammel Green Abrahamson (HGA) and Schooley Caldwell Associates |
 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. The Minnesota Historical Society provides its own coverage of the capitol complex. Highlights include a building history, a visitor's guide (in Adobe Acrobat format), and articles about the rathskeller and 3rd floor ceiling paint restorations. The Preserve the Capitol website offers more about the restoration work completed, underway or still needed. Other capitol building photos are available from the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate. Also available are picture galleries from photographer Edward Crim and from the 2havefun site, and interior views here and here from the Panorama Factory. |
| Mississippi | Jackson (Old & New State Capitols) |
Old State Capitol at 100 S. State St. (at E.
Capitol St.) / bird's eye views
facing
north, and
rotated
to show front, from MS Bing; and
street
and maybe a forthcoming 3D
view from Google Maps. 1836-39, Old State Capitol designed and built / started by John Lawrence, completed by William Nichols. ca. 1916, nearly abandoned Old State Capitol renovated for state offices / ? architect. 1959-61, Old State Capitol renovated and reopened as Museum of Mississippi History / ? architect. 2006-09, Old State Capitol restoration after severe damage from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita / Robert Parker Adams, preservation architect. New State Capitol at 400 High St. (between N. West & N. President Streets) / bird's eye view from MS Bing; street and 3D view from Google Maps; and 3D model from Google 3D warehouse. 11901-03, New State Capitol designed and built / Theodore C. Link. 1979-83, restoration of New State Capitol / ? architect. |
 Greek Revival Old Capitol with dome and cupola. More info offsite with this picture and brief description at the Old Capitol Museum website.  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 | 201 W. Capitol Ave. (at W. Main St.) /
aerial
view from MS Bing (a bird's eye view may be forthcoming);
street
and 3D
view from Google Maps; and
3D
model from Google 3D warehouse. 1911-17, Capitol designed and built / Evarts Tracy and Egerton Swartout. 1917-28, ongoing building improvements (mostly cosmetic) / Tracy and Swartout. |
 Beaux Arts style capitol building with central circular drum tower that is capped with a dome and cupola. Approx. 262 feet tall (from top of basement to top of dome per a state website; other sources claim 238 feet tall from ground to top of dome). 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 and a gallery of construction photos and historic postcards tenuously cling to life via the Internet Archive's partial backup of a phased out portion of the MissouriNet.com site. A handsome photo album is available from Edward Crim. A building description is on view here. |
| Montana | Helena | 1301 E. 6th Ave. (at N. Montana Ave.) /
aerial
view from MS Bing (a bird's eye view may be forthcoming);
street
and 3D
view from Google Maps; and
3D
model from Google 3D warehouse. 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. |
 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. More info offsite with a 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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