With the erection of a separate building for the Supreme Court and State Library in 1919, the Annex became the home for most of the committees of the House of Representatives. The Old Supreme Court Chamber was recently restored as a private lounge for legislators. Cornelius and Baker of Philadelphia designed and manufactured all of the elaborate gas chandeliers, sconces and lamps for the State House when it was first furnished in 1859. Today, many of the original fixtures survive while others have been replaced by replicas as part of the recent restoration of many of these spaces. This 19th century photo shows the elaborate House gasolier.
Ornamental plasterwork adorns the ceiling of each major chamber of the second floor.
The ornaments were cast in molds and applied to th ceiling to complete a design that in many cases was probably selected by the architecht from a book of Renaissance design elements. This 1909 view of the State Auditor's office shows how many of today's Senate Committee rooms looked when nearly every state official worked in the State House. The State Cabinet of Natural History and Vermont Historical Society occupied a first floor chamber in this view from the 1870s. The State House was decked with banners and bunting and strung with hundreds of electric lights that were wrapped around its columns, pediment, and dome. In the 1920's a small replica of the State House was paraded around Vermont, eventually coming to rest at a motel on the outskirts of Montpelier, and after that, a restaurant in Randolph.