New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-19
OUR STATE CAPITOL BUILDINGS.

| We copy the following from the Washing
ton ,upitaL The description OF the Louis
lana State Capitol does not answer for the
present period. however faithful it may
! once have beer:
Vt the present time no less than three of
! our States are constructing new capitol edi-
ticrs New York will attempt to rival the
national capitol itself by structure at AL
! bany to cost. Tominally. five millions. but
/ probably by the day Of its completion it
! will have consumed twice as much This
capitol is to bc Renaissance edifice. with
.d",ncs, pavilionS and statuary. Illinois
| ventures, after much debate. to spend fou,
millions npon 4 classical capitol at Spring
field and Iowa is ready to spend one mil
lion and a-halt upon Il Corinthian structure
! at Des MONIES, and to ornament it with a
wrought iron dome. at some future day. t"
cost a million more.
! Some States, AS West Virginia. have no
| capitol house at all: others. as Connecticut.
hav" two. but the agitation is rife there
for their consolidation at Hartford. Two
/ OF the States only contain State houses Ill
! present Legislative use whrh dale to the
! Krvolution-Khodc Island and MARYLAND.
! The nohlest State capitol now complete is
! at Nashville. and the most expensive is ut
! Columbus. The following data have been
collected from various sources, chiefly from
members OF Congress. upon the ma Iority of
| the remaining State editice~
The State capitol OF Maryland at Anna
polls. is a handsome specimen OF the brick
architecture of the last century. and il iS
surmountcd by Il dome and spirc of staunch
timber which attain the height of two hun
drcd feet. From this cyre Is afforded the
very best view possible of the Chesapeake
bay. The Governors room and legislative
chambers at Annapolis are thirty-tour bv
forty feet each. and. like all the editice. they
are light. quaint. and substantially built An
appropriation Of seven thousand pounds
sterling was passed in 1863 for This cditcc.
| and its foundation stone was laid iii l712.
The State capitol OF Delaware is IA COLL
Portable brick edliicc. some what dilapidattd
and. perhaps. the most exclusive little
building for It's purposes i'll the country. its
Senate chamber being little bigger than ii
Jury box. a series of green parks. incoscd
by wooden fences. stand in front of this
building. and the whipping post is in an
adjoining lot. The capital town. Dover
stands upon fiat plain. and is uninterrst-
ing beyond description.
the Rhode Island State House. at New
port. is built of brick with freestone trim
nnngs and cupola and balustrade orut-
mrnt the roof. 1t was built prior to the
Revolution.
The State capitol OF Maine. at Augusta.
cost Sl1O. 600 and is built of granite. columns
i'll the centre and plain wings. 1t stands
upon green elevation. and near II is the
pleasant residence OF Speaker Blaine
The PENNSYLVANIA State capitol is one
hundred and eighty feet front by eight,
feet deep. built of brick. with an Ionic por-
tico and an ~ Y dome In adjacent and
separate edltices are the Governors and
other State offices. There is no room in this
editicc capable of accommodating Rother-
nels painting of battle OF the Gettysburg
The view from this capitol is rNuui>itclv
bounded 10y mountain and river scenery.
Near this point was. the once mooted place
for the national Capitol
The Massachusetts State House was com
peted III l1'>. and ii is the most cons pcuuus
edicc in Boston. Its dolncis l:!0 feet above
the ground. and 80 feet above the level of
tine neIghborng sea. This building. though
old. is entirely worthy OF our most historical
city. and II l. kept III Il state of military
or,ier and CLEANLINESS. a. II i: were rcall, the
hcadI quarters of the commonwealth. Bronze
statuarv stands on the flights of terraces
leading 70 1t. and i'll the rotunda are bustS
Of distinguished BostonianS This is the
only State capitol which REMAINS in a city
OF the first class.
The state capitol at Albany stands l3o
tc-t above the Hudson river. and cost Sl2o
ooD. the city of Albany contributing /,
build 1t more than onc-tourth of that
amount. 1t Is made of stone. and has an
Ionic portico built against the side Of the
building. SurmOuntcd with urns: a lx.luS-
trade runs along the roof, and an ettfgy of
Justice SurmountS the cupola. This small
but pleasing structure Is directly beside.
the excavation for the new capitol.
The New Jersey State House. ut Trenton.
is building with an ugly body. but with il
neat dome. and within very agreeably
lighted and arranged
The Vermont State House, at Montpelier.
is lj0 by loo feet. and 100 tect high. built of
dark Barre granite. with ii copper roof, in
the Doric style. 1t cost Sl}2,00O the pco-
pile of the town contributing $1,000. A
statue of Etnan Allen, by Lar!lin Meade is
one of It's attractions.
The New Hampshire State House. at Con
cord. was commenced in 1916 and occupied
i'll 1919. and cost SS2.O00. 1t is I26 by 81
feet in dimensions, and built of granite
The Virginia State capitol next to w ash |
lngton the most suggestive and best com |
Incmorated legislative editce i'll thecountrv,
is an unsuccessful adaptation Of the MaiSou |
Carree at Nismcs France-one of .JetfcrsOnS /
with Ionic pilaStcrs and |
columns. depending upon a basement Be /
ing of brick. rough-cast. it does not fleet
the eye pleasantly.
The Louisiana State capitol at Baton
Rouge is "a queer. turreted. tall editice. re
an arsenal.
North Carolina has fair State capitol in
a pretty town.
The State capitol of Alabama. at Mont
is a classical structure. with a
iomc, well adapted to its purposes and
pleasing to the eye at IA distance. This town
became the capitol site as early as 1917.
The State capitol of Ohio. at Columbus.
is }ol feet long. lS4 feet wide. and to the
summit of its dome l57 feet high 1t is
built OF hard limestone. resembling IA shade
If white marble. In architecture it might
'e called the classical provincial. A de-
nure false pediInent rises in the middle
over the fiat. chmneycd roof, The rOtunda
$ depressed. and resembles IA boys cap, and
he fine columns and pilastcrs which sur
'ound the editice only make these mean
,esses conspicuous. 1t cost about S4,000,000
md was once Gkened by the celebrated
William Cory to a tea-cup standing on IA
,riCk- lie made this ocular illustration III
speech producing the cup and the brick.
\ pleasant grass park inc1Oses the capitol.
which is certainly "a colossal pile.
The kentucky State capitol is white
marble building with a gable portico of Sin
"nic columns. and a cupola in style re
cmbins the average Virginia courthouse
ome monuments are appendages of this
ditce
The Indiana State capitol was completed
a 1884. and is a decrepit edifce one hun
red and eighty feet long by eighty feet
'ide with portico of wooden columns and
dome They say that it is modelled after
he ParthenOn, and, as it cost $6O, 900. il is
robable that it is modelled afterit, ut least
new State capitol is badly wanted at this
Oint.
The Illinois State capitol is classical