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Item Title
Missouri State Capitol, High Street between Broadway & Jefferson Streets, Jefferson City, Cole County, MO
LocationHigh Street between Broadway & Jefferson Streets,
Jefferson City, MO
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS MO-1840
Building/structure dates:
1917 initial construction
Significance: As the state capitol, this building has served as the symbolic centerpiece of life in Missouri since its completion in 1917.
Subjects
Capitols
Related Names
Swartwout, Egerton
Tracy, Evarts
K.F. Gill Construction Company
John Gill Construction Company
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. WEST FRONT; STATUE ON STEPS IS THOMAS JEFFERSON (PLACED THERE IN 1927); FLANKING BRONZE STATUES DEPICT 'THE GREAT RIVERS,' THE MISSOURI AND THE MISSISSIPPI; FIGURE OF CERES, GODDESS OF GRAIN TOPS DOME (PLACED THERE IN SEPTEMBER, 1916)
2. WEST FRONT FROM SOUTHWEST
3. WEST FRONT PORTICO FROM SOUTHWEST
4. WEST FRONT FROM NORTHWEST
5. WEST FRONT PORTICO FROM NORTHWEST
6. NORTH SIDE OF WEST PORTICO; PORTION OF NINE-FEET HIGH, 300-FEET LONG SCULPTURED FRIEZE DEPICTING HISTORICAL FIGURES CAN BE SEEN
7. GENERAL VIEW SHOWING EAST SIDE OF CAPITOL FROM JEFFERSON STREET
8. GENERAL VIEW IN ROTUNDA
9. VIEW IN ROTUNDA SHOWING BASE OF DOME
10. GENERAL VIEW IN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CHAMBER, FROM EAST; LARGE MOSAIC WINDOW DEPICTS THE THEME 'GLORY OF MISSOURI IN PEACE;' THREE SMALL STAINED GLASS WINDOWS SHOWN ARE PART OF A SERIES ENTITLED 'CHARACTERISTICS OF DEMOCRACY'
11. GENERAL VIEW IN SENATE CHAMBER, FROM WEST; PAINTED GLASS WINDOW BEHIND COLUMNS DEPICTS 'THE LANDING OF DE SOTO;' MURAL TO LEFT SHOWS 'THOMAS HART BENTON'S SPEECH AT ST. LOUIS 1849;' MURAL TO RIGHT SHOWS 'PRESIDENT JEFFERSON GREETING LEWIS AND CLARK'
12. DETAIL VIEW OF PODIUM, SENATE CHAMBER; MURAL TO LEFT DEPICTS 'FRANK P. BLAIR'S SPEECH AT LOUISIANA 1866'
13. GENERAL VIEW IN HOUSE LOUNGE; THOMAS HART BENTON MURALS DEPICT SOCIAL HISTORY OF MISSOURI
14. DETAIL VIEW OF MURAL ON NORTHEAST WALL OF HOUSE LOUNGE
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