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  2. United States Capitol - Wikipedia

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    The Capitol building is marked by its central dome above a rotunda in the central section of the structure (which also includes the older original smaller center flanked by the two original (designed 1793, occupied 1800) smaller two wings (inner north and inner south) containing the two original smaller meeting chambers for the Senate and the ...

  3. Capitol (Williamsburg, Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Two capitol buildings served the colony on the same site: the first from 1705 until its destruction by fire in 1747; the second from 1753 to 1780. The earlier capitol was reconstructed in the early 1930s as part of the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. The reconstruction has thus lasted longer than the combined total of both original ...

  4. William Thornton - Wikipedia

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    Thornton's original Capitol Building design Thornton's submission for the Capitol, officially approved by Washington in 1793 This elevation of the Temple Portico of Tudor Place is from a laser scan project conducted by nonprofit CyArk. The circular Te Portico that extends into the space of the Saloon is a prominent architectural feature of the ...

  5. United States Capitol dome - Wikipedia

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    The origin of the first dome began with the Capitol design contest sponsored by Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson, at the behest of President George Washington, in 1792. The winner of the contest, Doctor William Thornton , called for a dome in his original design for the building. [ 6 ]

  6. United States Capitol Complex - Wikipedia

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    Daguerreotype of the Capitol, c. 1846. Construction of the Capitol began in 1792. When built, it was the only existing building for the use by the nation's legislature.In addition to Congress, the building was also designed to house the Library of Congress, the Supreme Court, the district courts, and other offices.

  7. City to recreate first Capitol – a log cabin – for ...

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    In honor of the bicentennial, the city of Tallahassee is rebuilding the original capitol log cabin which served as the first legislature building.

  8. Austin Answered: Why are so many things in Austin named ...

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    One can see the low-lying original Capitol building to the left and the presidential residence on a hill to the right. "Austin Answered" is back. Active from 2017 to 2019, "Austin Answered ...

  9. United States Capitol crypt - Wikipedia

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    Construction on the Capitol itself began in 1793, when the first American President, George Washington, laid down the cornerstone to the north wing of the building. [1] Upon the death of Washington in 1799, the designers of the Capitol went to Martha Washington and requested permission to build a tomb for her husband in the Capitol. She ...