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The rotunda was completed in 1824 under Architect of the Capitol Charles Bulfinch, as part of a series of new buildings and projects in preparation for the final visit of Marquis de Lafayette in 1824. The rotunda was designed in the neoclassical style and was intended to evoke the design of the Pantheon. [1]
The National Archives Building, known informally as Archives I, is the headquarters of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. It is located north of the National Mall at 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C. The rotunda entrance is on Constitution Avenue, and the research entrance is on Pennsylvania Avenue. [3]
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.
A general view shows the West Front of the U.S. Capitol building during snowfall a day before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated for a second term, in Washington, D.C ...
Designed to evoke the Pantheon, the rotunda’s curved sandstone walls are divided by fluted Doric pilasters with wreaths of olive branches carved in the frieze above.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Donald Trump will be sworn in as president in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on Monday, after the forecast bitter cold prompted planners to move the ceremony under the ...
Statue of George Washington: Bronze: Jean-Antoine Houdon: 1934 Rotunda [93] Washington: Statue of Mother Joseph Pariseau: Bronze: Felix de Weldon: 1980 Capitol Visitor Center [94] Statue of Marcus Whitman: Bronze: Avard Fairbanks: 1953 National Statuary Hall [95] West Virginia: Statue of John E. Kenna: Marble: Alexander Doyle: 1901 Hall of ...
A third building for the Library of Congress, the James Madison Memorial Building, opened in 1980 and the Senate's third building, the Hart Senate Office Building, was occupied in 1982. The most recent large structure within the Capitol complex is the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, which was opened in 1992.