State Houses
Subtitle: America's 50 State Capitol Buildings
Contributors: Tom Patterson (Photographer)
Publisher: Boston Mills Press; Distributed by Firefly Books (U.S.) Inc.
Published: September 12, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781550464573
Subjects: United States - State & Local - General; Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Government - State & Provincial; Architecture; History - General; U.S. Architecture - General; Architecture / Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings; Capitals - United States - Guidebooks; Capitols; Guidebooks; United States
First sentence: In the United States, with over 282 million people in fifty states with fifty capitols, each state capitol bears some similarity to the others, yet individually reflects its state architecturally, culturally and historically.
Description: Text and photographs explore each state capitol building, including coverage of the events surrounding the construction, background on its architects and builders, and details on costs, primary features, dimensions, furnishings, and works of art.