Colonnade
One view of the New York State Education Building in Albany, New York. Completed almost a century ago, it's the first government office building in America constructed specifically and solely for the purpose of education in all its forms. For decades it housed the New York State museum and the State library as well as the headquarters for the New York Department of Education. The marble used in the building`s facade is from the same Vermont quarry that supplied the marble for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Education Building`s 36 Corinthian style columns, shown here, are reportedly the tallest Corinthian columns in the world. They also form the longest colonnade in America, and the longest continual colonnade of loadbearing Corinthian columns on Earth.
Colonnade
One view of the New York State Education Building in Albany, New York. Completed almost a century ago, it's the first government office building in America constructed specifically and solely for the purpose of education in all its forms. For decades it housed the New York State museum and the State library as well as the headquarters for the New York Department of Education. The marble used in the building`s facade is from the same Vermont quarry that supplied the marble for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Education Building`s 36 Corinthian style columns, shown here, are reportedly the tallest Corinthian columns in the world. They also form the longest colonnade in America, and the longest continual colonnade of loadbearing Corinthian columns on Earth.