Montana State Capitol Dome (Helena, Montana)
This statue entitled Montana stands seventeen-feet-high and was intended to be the personification of liberty. Sculptor Edward J. Van Landeghem was its creator. It was placed atop the capitol during construction in the December of 1900.
The stunning Montana State Capitol in Helena was constructed at a cost of $540,000 from 1899 to 1902 using the designs of Council Bluffs, Iowa architects Charles Emlen Bell and John Hackett Kent. In 1909-12 additions were placed on the east and west sides of the building under the supervision of architects Frank M. Andrews of New York and John G. Link and Charles S. Haire of Montana.
Montana State Capitol Dome (Helena, Montana)
This statue entitled Montana stands seventeen-feet-high and was intended to be the personification of liberty. Sculptor Edward J. Van Landeghem was its creator. It was placed atop the capitol during construction in the December of 1900.
The stunning Montana State Capitol in Helena was constructed at a cost of $540,000 from 1899 to 1902 using the designs of Council Bluffs, Iowa architects Charles Emlen Bell and John Hackett Kent. In 1909-12 additions were placed on the east and west sides of the building under the supervision of architects Frank M. Andrews of New York and John G. Link and Charles S. Haire of Montana.