National Statuary Hall in The United States Capital Building
National Statuary Hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, now serves as the main exhibition space for the National Statuary Hall Collection. National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building is built in the shape of an ancient amphitheater and is one of the earliest examples of Greek revival architecture in America. While most wall surfaces are painted plaster, the low gallery walls and pilasters are of sandstone. Around the room's perimeter stand colossal columns of variegated Breccia marble quarried along the Potomac River.
National Statuary Hall in The United States Capital Building
National Statuary Hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, now serves as the main exhibition space for the National Statuary Hall Collection. National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Building is built in the shape of an ancient amphitheater and is one of the earliest examples of Greek revival architecture in America. While most wall surfaces are painted plaster, the low gallery walls and pilasters are of sandstone. Around the room's perimeter stand colossal columns of variegated Breccia marble quarried along the Potomac River.