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Senate Bronze Doors
These bronze doors were created for the east portico of the new Senate wing during...
Uploaded on Dec 14, 2011
The Fire of 1814 at the U.S. Capitol
America's second war with Great Britain was declared in 1812. The following year American forces...
Uploaded on Dec 14, 2011
Progress of Civilization - Senate Pediment
Thomas Crawford Marble 1863 Pediment over the east entrance to the Senate wing of the U.S. Capitol The...
Uploaded on Dec 14, 2011
Apotheosis of Democracy - House Pediment
Paul Wayland Bartlett Marble 1916 Pediment over the east entrance to the House wing of the...
Uploaded on Dec 14, 2011
Supreme Court Pediment
This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly,...
Uploaded on Dec 14, 2011
Robert Fulton
Constantino Brumidi Fresco 1873 Senate Wing U.S. Capitol This official Architect of the Capitol...
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Benjamin Franklin
Constantino Brumidi Fresco c. 1873 Senate wing U.S. Capitol This official Architect of the...
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Cession of Louisiana
Constantino Brumidi Fresco 1875 Senate wing U.S. Capitol The Marquis Barbé-Marbois, the representative...
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Chancellor Robert R. Livingston
Constantino Brumidi Fresco 1878 Senate wing U.S. Capitol This official Architect of the Capitol...
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James Madison Memorial Buidling - Library of Congress
Opened in 1980, measuring 500 feet wide and 400 feet deep, the Madison Building is the largest library...
Uploaded on Dec 13, 2011
Rayburn House Office Building
The Rayburn House Office Building, completed in early 1965, is the third of three office buildings...
Uploaded on Dec 13, 2011
Maintaining the Capitol Grounds
Approximately 50,000 – 70,000 annual flowers and 70,000 tulips and spring bulbs are planted each year...
Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011
U.S. Capitol at Night
The East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building at night. This official Architect of the...
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Capitol Power Plant
The Capitol Power Plant provides steam and chilled water used to heat and cool buildings throughout the...
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Hart Senate Office Building
The Hart Senate Office Building is the third office structure designed and built to serve the United...
Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011
Dirksen Senate Office Building
The Dirksen Senate Office Building was the second of three office buildings constructed for the United...
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Construction of the Capitol Visitor Center
Since opening in 2008, millions of people have visited the Capitol, entering through the Capitol...
Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011
Genius of America - U.S. Capitol Central Pediment
Luigi Persico, sandstone, 1825-1828 Copied by Bruno Mankowski in marble, 1959-1960 Pediment over the...
Uploaded on Dec 12, 2011
