Idaho state capitol - wikipedia Idaho state capitol This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( October 2015 ) Idaho State Capitol Idaho State Capitol Idaho State Capitol Show map of Idaho Show map of the US Show all Location within Idaho General information Location Boise, Idaho, United States Coordinates 43 ° 37 ′ 04 '' N 116 ° 11 ′ 59 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 43.617698 ° N 116.199613 ° W ﻿ / 43.617698 ; - 116.199613 Coordinates : 43 ° 37 ′ 04 '' N 116 ° 11 ′ 59 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 43.617698 ° N 116.199613 ° W ﻿ / 43.617698 ; - 116.199613 Construction started 1905 Completed 1912 1920 ( Wings ) Cost $ 2,098,455 Owner State of Idaho Height 208 feet ( 63 m ) Technical details Floor area 201,720 sq ft ( 18,740 m ) Design and construction Architect John E. Tourtellotte Charles Hummel The Idaho State Capitol in Boise is the home of the government of the state of Idaho. Although Lewiston, Idaho, briefly served as Idaho 's capital from the formation of Idaho Territory in 1863, the territorial Legislature moved the capital to Boise on December 24, 1864. Construction of the first portion of the capitol building began in the summer of 1905, 15 years after Idaho gained statehood. Architects were John E. Tourtellotte and Charles Hummel. Tourtellotte was a Connecticut native whose career began in Massachusetts and skyrocketed further when he moved to Boise. Hummel was a German immigrant who partnered with Tourtellotte in 1903. The final cost of the building was just over $2 million ; it was completed in 1920. The architects used varied materials to construct the building and their design was inspired by Classical examples. Contents 1 Construction of the original building 2 Restoration of the Capitol 2.1 Scagliola 2.1. 1 Capitol art 3 Attractions 4 Details of the Capitol 5 See also 6 Notes 7 Book references 8 External links Construction of the original building 1919 Capitol Boulevard, Boise, 2003 Tourtellotte and Hummel used four types of marble : red marble from Georgia, gray marble from Alaska, green marble from Vermont, and black marble from Italy. Architectural inspirations included St. Peter 's Basilica in Rome, St Paul 's Cathedral in London and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The most prominent feature of the capitol is its dome. Surmounting this dome is a bronze eagle, 5 feet 7 inches ( 1.70 m ) tall. The capitol building is 208 feet ( 63 m ) high, occupies an area of 201,720 square feet ( 18,740 m ), and contains over 50,000 square feet ( 4,600 m ) of artistically carved marble. There are 219 pillars in the original building -- Doric, Corinthian, or Ionic -- and each pillar is made up of marble dust, plaster and scagliola. Scagliola is a mixture of granite, marble dust, gypsum and glue dyed to look like marble. This artificial marble was created by a family of artisans in Italy. On the first floor of the capitol building, when looking upward to the dome, 13 large stars and 43 smaller stars can be seen. The 13 large stars represent the thirteen original colonies and the 43 smaller stars indicate that Idaho was the forty - third state to enter the union. The floor contains a compass rose. In its center is a sundial that has minerals found in Idaho. The first floor also houses a statue called the Patriot by Kenneth Lonn, for those who worked in the mining industry. The second floor may be accessed via three entrances ; from the east, the south and the west. The lieutenant governor 's office is located in the west wing, just opposite the governor 's office. On the north side of the second floor rotunda is a sculpture of George Washington astride a horse. And to the rear of the George Washington statue is the attorney general 's suite of offices. The space was home of the Idaho Supreme Court until it moved to the new Supreme Court Building in 1970. The east wing houses the office of the secretary of state offices in whose reception area is the official copy of the Great Seal of the State of Idaho. The third floor contains the Senate in the west wing and the House of Representatives in the east wing. The two chambers were remodeled in 1968. Also on this floor is the old Idaho Supreme Court room, now used for hearings and committee meetings of the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee. On the fourth floor are balcony entrances to the senate and house galleries. The galleries enable members of the public to watch the Legislature while it is in session. The northeast, northwest and southwest corners of this floor contain many historic paintings as well as three murals by Dana Boussard. Restoration of the capitol Renovated capitol dome A license plate made to support the restoration. In 1998, Idaho officials drafted a master plan to restore the Capitol. Though it has many impressive features, the `` Statehouse '' had begun to fade with age. The interior restoration work would include restoration and refinishing of windows, repairs to marble flooring and decorative plaster, restoration of wood floors, refinishing wood doors and restoring hardware, upgrading electrical, smoke and fire - detection systems, improving exterior lighting, adding an emergency power generator, and installation of an elevator accessible to disabled persons. The Legislature initially provided a mere $120,000 for the project. In 2000, The master plan was completed and its total cost estimate put at $64 million. In 2001, the Legislature granted a one - time appropriation of $32 million ; bonds were issued to cover the other half of the project. In 2002 - 03, crews completed Phase II of the project, which involved exterior repairs financed with a supplementary $1.5 million appropriation. In 2005, an increase in the state cigarette tax helped pay for interior restoration expenses totaling $20 million. In 2006, the legislature voted to finance two two - story underground legislative office wings at a cost about $130 million. However, in view of the U.S. economic downturn in 2008, Governor C.L. `` Butch '' Otter proposed single - story underground wings. After legislators agreed to this modification, construction began and continued until 2010, when both interior and exterior renovations were finished. Scagliola Plasterers were tasked with restoring scagliola, a composite of selenite, glue and natural pigments, imitating marble and other hard stones. Making scagliola is a laborious 15 - step process which has to be restarted if a single mistake is made. During its construction, the Idaho state capitol 's architects used a combination of white marble and matching scagliola to create a `` Capitol of Light, '' so called because the materials would glow in natural light in the rotunda. Capitol art The Winged Victory statue is a plaster replica of the original marble statue of Nike of Samothrace. The original statue was found on the island of Samothrace, Greece, in 1863 by a French explorer. The statue has characteristic features of Hellenistic art. The people of France gave the replica the United States as part of a gift after U.S. forces helped liberate France from Nazi occupation at the end of World War II. After it arrived in February 1949, state officials placed the gift in the Boise capitol. The sculpture Statue head of Terry Shadduck honors the dedication of Idaho author, historian, civil servant and political activist Louise Shadduck who died in 2008, at age 92. In 1958, Shadduck was elected secretary of Commerce and Development -- the first women to hold that office. The statue is made of bronze and black stone. The capitol also houses a display of 20 portraits of Idaho territorial and state Governors completed by artist Herbert A. Collins in 1911. Attractions Attractions in the restored and expanded building include a gilded equestrian statue of George Washington and information about the historic trees that surrounded the capitol building before the grounds were cleared for underground construction. ( Presidents Benjamin Harrison, Teddy Roosevelt and William Taft planted trees on the property ; Harrison planted a Water Oak, Roosevelt planted a Sugar Maple in 1903, and Taft planted the Ohio Buckeye in 1911. ) The Golden Statue was carved by Charles Osner in 1869 from white pine, the state tree of Idaho. Osner worked by candlelight and took four years to finish the work. Details of the capitol Visitors tour the restored Capitol in 2010. Underground tunnels connect the Capitol Building to the Supreme Court building and other government buildings on Capitol Mall to the east. Used daily by government employees, these tunnels are not accessible to the public, and could serve as bomb shelters to protect the governor and other public officials. A large bell directly in front of the Capitol is a scale replica of the Liberty Bell ( uncracked ). Pedestrians can ring the bell. See also List of tallest buildings in Boise Notes Jump up ^ Laws of the Territory of Idaho, Second session : An Act to permanently locate the capital of the Territory of Idaho. December 7, 1864. p. 427. Jump up ^ `` Idaho Capitol Building ''. idahoptv.org. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015. Jump up ^ http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2013/sep/01/journalist-louise-shadduck-helped-transform-idaho/#/0 Book references Images of America, Boise by Frank Thomason Boise, Idaho 1882 - 1910 Prosperity in Isolation by Carol Lynn MacGregor Historic Boise by Arthur A. Hart External links Idaho Capitol Commission - History of the Idaho Capitol Building Office of the Governor of Idaho - Capitol Tour Guide Idaho Public Television - Idaho Capitol Building ( 1 ) - Capitol Self Guided Tour ( 2 ) - A music video shot on iPhones Media related to Idaho State Capitol at Wikimedia Commons State of Idaho Boise ( capital ) Topics Index Bibliography Geography Government Delegations Governors History Images People Symbols Tourist attractions Seal of Idaho Society Crime Culture Demographics Economy Education Politics Regions Boise metropolitan area Cache Valley Central Idaho Columbia River Plateau Eastern Idaho Great Basin Inland Empire Magic Valley North Central Idaho Idaho Panhandle Palouse Southern Idaho Southwestern Idaho Treasure Valley Wasatch Range Wood River Valley Yellowstone Larger cities Boise Nampa Meridian Idaho Falls Pocatello Caldwell Coeur d'Alene Twin Falls Lewiston Post Falls Rexburg Moscow Eagle Smaller cities Kuna Ammon Chubbuck Mountain Home Hayden Blackfoot Garden City Jerome Burley Counties Ada Adams Bannock Bear Lake Benewah Bingham Blaine Boise Bonner Bonneville Boundary Butte Camas Canyon Caribou Cassia Clark Clearwater Custer Elmore Franklin Fremont Gem Gooding Idaho Jefferson Jerome Kootenai Latah Lemhi Lewis Lincoln Madison Minidoka Nez Perce Oneida Owyhee Payette Power Shoshone Teton Twin Falls Valley Washington State and territorial capitol buildings in the United States States Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Territories American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Idaho_State_Capitol&oldid=809781024 '' Categories : Buildings and structures in Boise, Idaho Government of Idaho State capitols in the United States Domes Treasure Valley Government buildings in Idaho Tourist attractions in Boise, Idaho Skyscraper office buildings in Boise, Idaho Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from October 2015 All articles needing additional references Coordinates on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch فارسی Français Italiano Nederlands 日本 語 پنجابی Русский 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 11 November 2017, at 10 : 25. 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Question: when was the idaho state capitol building built
Answer: 1920