Davenport's Ladies' College Building, 1856; afterwards Mount Ida Female College. The dome that was erected in 1858 inspired the name Mount Ida Female College. There appears to have been no attempt to chronicle Iowa's tallest structure prior to the erection of the State Capitol in 1884. That year the State House was declared the official "Tallest Structure in Iowa." In 1990 the capitol was remodeled and restored to its original beauty. Today it serves as the home of the Iowa Legislature. The State Capitol is an impressive structure with 91 feet of top floor-to-ceiling window glass and a gold-domed roof. It is located on North Dubuque Street in Des Moines, which is adjacent to the campus of Iowa State University. A sculpture by Gutzon Borglum (the man who sculpted Mt. Rushmore) stands outside the entrance to the capitol building. It is a replica of the Temple of Athena at Athens and is 32 feet high. Borglum traveled to Europe to study Greek and Roman architecture before creating this piece of art. Before the construction of the State Capitol, Davenport had two other tall buildings. One was a Baptist church built in 1855. The other was a hotel called the Davenport Hotel built in 1857. Both buildings were destroyed by fire. Today nothing remains of these structures except some bricks used for other buildings in town.