Montana State Capitol - wikipedia Montana State Capitol Montana State Capitol Wikimedia © OpenStreetMap General information Architectural style Neoclassical Town or city Helena, Montana Country United States Construction started 1899 Completed 1902 Cost US $540,000 Client State of Montana Design and construction Architect Bell & Kent ; Link & Haire ; F.M. Andrews & Company The Montana State Capitol is the state capitol of the U.S. state of Montana. It houses the Montana State Legislature and is located in the state capital of Helena at 1301 East Sixth Avenue. The building was constructed between 1896 and 1902 with wing - annexes added between 1909 and 1912. Contents 1 History 2 Architecture 3 Art 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History Winning competition design for the Montana State Capitol by George R. Mann, 1896 ( unbuilt ) A design competition for the building was conducted in 1896. The commission selected a design by George R. Mann as the winner. In 1897, after it was found that the Commission was planning to scam money from the building project, it was disbanded and a second Capitol Commission was convened. The new Commission abandoned Mann 's plan as being too costly, and had a second design competition, won by Charles Emlen Bell and John Hackett Kent, of Bell & Kent of Council Bluffs, Iowa. In order to have their design built, Bell & Kent relocated their office to Helena. While Mann 's building was never built in Montana, it was selected later as the basic design for the Arkansas State Capitol. The winning design by Bell & Kent had been altered already during the construction phase, when in 1901 the commission asked for the structure to be made more imposing by increasing the height of the dome. Kent opposed the changes, as his original low spherical dome was meant to be `` pure Greek '', but Bell advocated the commission 's request. Between 1909 and 1912, the building was extended by the addition of two new wings on the eastern and western sides. This work was executed by Link & Haire, architects of Butte, with F.M. Andrews & Company of New York as consulting architects. Architecture The building, constructed of Montana sandstone and granite, is in Greek neoclassical architectural style, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The exterior of the dome is covered with copper. Atop the dome is a feminine statue affectionately dubbed `` Lady Liberty. '' The `` Montana '' statue, formerly known as `` Lady Liberty '' sits atop the Capitol dome. Art Interior view of the dome `` Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians at Ross ' Hole, '' Montana House of Representatives Chamber ( existing light image ) `` Surrender of Chief Joseph '' by Edgar S. Paxson, House lobby The most notable feature inside the center of the Capitol building is the massive rotunda, with four circular paintings surrounding it. These paintings, painted for the Capitol opening in 1902 by the firm of F. Pedretti 's Sons, depict four important archetypes of people of Montana 's early history : a Native American ( intended to be of Chief Charlo ), an explorer and fur trapper ( Jim Bridger ), a gold miner ( Henry Finnis Edgar, one of the discoverers of gold at Alder Gulch ), and a cowboy ( unidentified, but said to be inspired by the works of C.M. Russell ). The Pendretti brothers provided additional commissioned artwork in the Senate and Old Supreme Court Chambers. The southern arch of the rotunda features the semi-elliptical painting `` Driving The Golden Spike, '' painted by Amédée Joullin. The former State Law Library, now a set of committee rooms, features ten Montana landscapes created by Ralph E. DeCamp. The House of Representatives Lobby features six scenes depicting significant events in early Montana History by Edgar S. Paxson. The most significant piece of art in the Capitol is by Montana 's famous Western artist Charles M. Russell. The 1912 painting, titled Lewis and Clark Meeting the Flathead Indians at Ross ' Hole, is 25 feet ( 7.6 m ) long and twelve feet high. It depicts the explorers Lewis and Clark meeting Montana 's Bitterroot Salish people upon their return across the Bitterroot Mountains from the Pacific Ocean. It is now displayed above the Speaker 's chair in the House of Representatives ' chamber. See also Yule marble References Jump up ^ California Architect and Building News 20 July 1898 : 78. Jump up ^ History of Helena blog, quoting Mr. Kirby Lambert, Curator of Art at the Montana Historical Society, retrieved 2 March 2010. Jump up ^ History of Helena blog, quoting Historic Structure Report : Montana State Capitol Building by Jim McDonald, 1981, retrieved 2 March 2010. Jump up ^ History of Helena blog, retrieved 2 March 2010. Jump up ^ American Architect 1 Sept. 1909 : 4. Jump up ^ National Register of Historic Places, retrieved 2 March 2010. Jump up ^ Lambert, K. ; Burnham, P.M. ; Near, S.R. ( 2002 ). Montana 's State Capitol : The People 's House. Montana Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780917298837. Retrieved 31 January 2015. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Montana State Capitol. Historic images of the Montana State Capitol Visiting information and history Coordinates : 46 ° 35 ′ 09 '' N 112 ° 01 ′ 06 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 46.5857 ° N 112.0184 ° W ﻿ / 46.5857 ; - 112.0184 State of Montana Helena ( capital ) Topics Index Congressional delegations Geography Government Governors History bibliography People Protected areas Sports State symbols Transportation Tourist attractions Seal of Montana Society Crime Culture Demographics Economy Education Politics LGBT rights Regions Eastern Montana The Flathead Glacier National Park Regional designations of Montana Western Montana Yellowstone Largest cities Anaconda Belgrade Billings Bozeman Butte Columbia Falls Dillon Glendive Great Falls Hamilton Havre Helena Kalispell Laurel Lewistown Livingston Miles City Missoula Polson Sidney Whitefish Counties Beaverhead Big Horn Blaine Broadwater Carbon Carter Cascade Chouteau Custer Daniels Dawson Deer Lodge Fallon Fergus Flathead Gallatin Garfield Glacier Golden Valley Granite Hill Jefferson Judith Basin Lake Lewis and Clark Liberty Lincoln Madison McCone Meagher Mineral Missoula Musselshell Park Petroleum Phillips Pondera Powder River Powell Prairie Ravalli Richland Roosevelt Rosebud Sanders Sheridan Silver Bow Stillwater Sweet Grass Teton Toole Treasure Valley Wheatland Wibaux Yellowstone 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=Montana_State_Capitol&oldid=844760152 '' Categories : Buildings and structures in Helena, Montana Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Government buildings in Montana Government of Montana State capitols in the United States Government buildings with domes Tourist attractions in Helena, Montana 1902 establishments in Montana National Register of Historic Places in Helena, Montana Hidden categories : Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata Coordinates on Wikidata Pages with maps Talk Contents About Wikipedia فارسی Français Italiano 日本 語 پنجابی Русский Türkçe 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 7 June 2018, at 00 : 09 ( UTC ). 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Question: the state capital of the us state of montana
Answer: Helena