- Walter’s design for the Dome of the United States Capitol employs the neo-classical vocabulary used in other portions of the building and throughout the...
- Beginning in 2013, the Architect of the Capitol began an enormous restoration of the dome of the United States Capitol Building in Washington, D.C...
- Congress authorized the new high dome of fireproof cast iron to bring the center portion of the U.S. Capitol into harmony with the large new wings.
- The United States Capitol is located in Washington, D.C., on top of Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall.
- Fortunately by this time, however, the foundry had decided it needed a much larger space for ambitious projects such as the Capitol dome.
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- For at least two decades, the Capitol’s green copper dome welcomed visitants to the Washington DC until the 1850s. Owing to the United States growth and...
- Plans began in May 1854 to build a new cast-iron dome for the United States Capitol, sold on the aesthetics of a new dome, as well as the utility of a...
- The original bell-shaped timber-framed dome was built by Charles Bulfinch, the third Architect of the Capitol, who built the first dome in the United States...
- 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.