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The United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The United States Capitol
East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-226-8000
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Washington, D.C. USA North America
03/23/2013
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Corinthian Columns
Corinthian columns are the most ornate, slender and sleek of the three Greek orders. They are distinguished by a decorative, bell-shaped capital with volutes, two rows of acanthus leaves and an elaborate cornice. In many instances, the column is fluted. Columns in this style can be found inside and outside of the buildings on Capitol Hill, including the U.S. Capitol, the Supreme Court Building, the Russell Senate Office Building, the Cannon House Office Building and the Library of Congress.
The exterior of the Capitol Building contains examples of a modified Corinthian column style, including the East Front center portico and the West Front. On the first floor of the Capitol’s House wing is the dramatic, high ceilinged Hall of Columns, which takes its name from the twenty-eight fluted, white marble columns that line the corridor.
The column capitals are a variation on the Corinthian order, incorporating not only classical acanthus leaves but also thistles and native American tobacco plants. Earlier uses of American vegetation in the building’s capitals include Benjamin Henry Latrobe’s corncob capitals in a first-floor vestibule and his tobacco-leaf capitals in the Small Senate Rotunda.
The Supreme Court Building was designed in the classical Corinthian architectural style, selected to harmonize with the nearby congressional buildings. Its monumental entrance, facing the U.S. Capitol Building, contains a central temple-like pavilion fronted by a monumental portico with sixteen Corinthian marble columns that support an elaborate entablature and pediment.
In the Cannon House Office Building and Russell Senate Office Building, their identical rotundas contain eighteen Corinthian columns that support an entablature and a coffered dome, and whose glazed oculus floods the rotunda with natural light.
The United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C.
The United States Capitol
East Capitol Street, NE and 1st Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
202-226-8000
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Washington, D.C. USA North America
03/23/2013
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The domed, white-painted ceiling of the Chamber is elaborately coffered and enriched by decorative moldings.
Charles Carroll
This statue of Charles Carroll was given to the National Statuary Hall Collection by Maryland in 1903. Carroll was a statesman and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
•Artist: Richard E. Brooks
•Material: Bronze
•State: Given by Maryland in 1903
•Location: Crypt, U.S. Capitol
Charles Carroll was born on September 19, 1737, in Annapolis, Maryland. The child of a prominent family, he was educated in Paris and London, where he studied civil law. He returned to Maryland in 1765 to assume control of the family estate, one of the largest in the colonies. At that time he added “of Carrollton” to his name to distinguish himself from his father and cousins of the same name. As a Roman Catholic, he was barred from entering politics, practicing law, and voting. However, writing in the Maryland Gazette under the pseudonym “First Citizen,” he became a prominent spokesman against the governor’s proclamation increasing legal fees to state officers and Protestant clergy. Carroll served on various committees of correspondence.
He was commissioned with Benjamin Franklin and Samuel Chase in February 1774 to seek aid from Canada. He was appointed a delegate to the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, and signed the Declaration of Independence. He resigned in 1778 to serve in the Maryland State Assembly and helped draft the Maryland constitution.
Carroll served as Maryland’s first Senator from 1789 to 1792, but retired to manage his extensive estates, work for a canal to the West and serve on the first Board of Directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. He died on November 14, 1832, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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Of the original furniture and decorations in the Old Chamber, several pieces are significant. Among the earliest objects installed in the chamber are two white statuary mantels located on the east wall. These classical mantels were ordered by Benjamin Henry Latrobe about 1812. Before they were shipped, however, the Capitol was destroyed in the fire of 1814. During the rebuilding project, Latrobe learned that the mantelpieces still existed and were available for use in the chamber.
The crimson and gold color scheme seen in the canopy and modesty screens is repeated throughout the Chamber. Window treatments use the same crimson material. The Chamber floor is covered with a carpet woven from long-staple, 100% virgin wool. It features a gold star pattern on a red background.
Settee
•Settee
•by attributed to Unidentified
•Wood, late 19th century
•Overall Measurement:
oHeight: 37.87 inches (96.2 cm)
oWidth: 71.5 inches (181.61 cm)
oDepth: 23.5 inches (59.69 cm)
•Cat. no. 65.00054.003