Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1866-05-05

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the progress 81 time. bow~ver, IL Mas
fcand unequal 10 the necessities Of
the government. and an extension
was st length determined uTc.. The
cornerstone of the new building wss
laid July Gath, 1861, by Pres:deat
Fillmore, Daniel Webster delivering
the Grafton. The buildings are not
quite finished at present
The Capitol fronts the east, the
rear being towards the largest and
most pnpulous part ofthe city. The
old building forms the centre. It is
three hundred and fifty-two feet four
inches long, by one hundred and
twemty.one feet six inches deep, with
a portico one hundred and sixty feet
wide, Of :wenty-four columns. with a
double facade on the east, and pro-
lection of eighty-!hree feet on the
west, embracing a recessed pOrtico
of ten coupled columns. It is from
this portico that the President usu-
ally delivers his inaugural address.
The new extensions consist of two
wings placed ut a distance Of forty
four feet from the central buildings
on the north and south sides, and
connected with them by corridors
fifty.six feet eight inches board. The
entire length Of tho Capitol is seven
hundred aud fifty-one feet four
INCHES, and the greatest depth, in
cluding porticos and steps. is three
hundred and twenty-four feet. The
walls of the central building are
constructed of white sandstone from
an island in Aqua Creek, Virginia.
The extension is built of fine white
marble, slightly interpreted with
veins Of blue, from Lee, Mass, aud
the columns are of white marble from
Maryland. In the interior are many
fine specimens of American colored
marble. From the exact centre of
the Capitol arises magnificent cast.
iron dome, extending to a height of
three hundred feet above the base
mont floor Of the building. This
dome is u masterpiece Of skill and
art, and is the first object visible to
the traveller as he approaches the
city. 1t is.surmounted by . colossal
bronze statute Of Liberty. by Craw-
ford. .:tt
Beneath the dome is the rotunda,
a circular chamber, ninety-si1 feet
in diameter, arising to the entire
height Of the dome. II is ornamented
with a finc collection Of statuary and
paintings. among which are = series
Illustrating events in American bis
tory. There are . number Of histor-
icsf paintings 10 the building. and
the old hall of the House of RePre-
sentatives is designed to b ussd !.
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fpe sen1aasy.
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