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The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government.It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
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.
Capitol dome Frieze of American History, by Constantino Brumidi, in the Capitol rotunda Many large paintings are exhibited in the rotunda. The doctor and architect William Thornton was the winner of the contest to design the Capitol in 1793. Thornton had first conceived the idea of a central rotunda.
The Arizona State Capitol is now strictly a museum and both the legislature and the governor's office are in nearby buildings. Only Arizona does not have its governor's office in the state capitol, though in Delaware, Ohio, Michigan, Vermont, and Virginia, [1] the offices there are for ceremonial use only.
The United States Capitol in 1846 following the addition of Charles Bulfinch's dome. 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.
Russell Eugene Weston Jr. was a man with a history of paranoid schizophrenia that included involuntary commitment in a hospital in Montana for 53 days. He believed that he had the power to prevent the United States from being destroyed by a deadly disease that he called Black Heva and by swarms of cannibals.
The site was located on Capitol Hill and was acquired from the Carroll family to accommodate the U.S. Capitol. Located at 1st and A streets NE in Washington, D.C., on the eastern slope of Capitol Hill, the site's first building was a red brick tavern and hostel called Stelle's Hotel, built around 1800.
During the almost ten years it served as the capitol, Congress Hall witnessed many historic events including the admittance of three new states and ratification of the United States Bill of Rights. The second inauguration of George Washington took place in the House chamber in 1793, as did the inauguration of John Adams in 1797.