1861 Abraham Lincoln's First Inauguration
The first inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln at the U.S. Capitol, as the Capitol Dome is under construction. March 4, 1861...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for ... more
1863 Drawing of Scaffold for Statue of Freedom
Original Architect of the Capitol, Thomas U. Walter, scaffolding plan for raising Statue of Freedom to top of dome from May 8, 1863...More about the Statue of Freedom: www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/other-statues/sta... more
1865 Abraham Lincoln's Second Inauguration
Abraham Lincoln delivers his second Inaugural address on March 4, 1865...-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (no... more
1869 Inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant
March 4, 1869 on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol...-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or an... more
1874 Plan for the U.S. Capitol Grounds by Frederick Law Olmsted
This drawing, which is oriented with east at the top, shows the arrangement of drives, paths, trees, fountains, and terraces that Olmsted created at the Capitol beginning in 1874. The outline of the Capitol inc... more
1881 President James A. Garfield Inauguration
President James A. Garfield takes the Oath of Office during his Inauguration ceremony on March 4, 1881...-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarl... more
1901 Inauguration of President McKinley
Inauguration ceremony for President William McKinley on March 4, 1901...-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not... more
1905 Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt
The Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol. March 4, 1905...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or person... more
1909 William Taft Inauguration
Inauguration of William H. Taft on the Capitol's East Front in March 1909. ..-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes... more
1917 Woodrow Wilson Inauguration Ceremony
Inauguration for President Woodrow Wilson on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol, March 5, 1917....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or pe... more
1921 Inauguration of President Warren G. Harding
Chief Justice Edward White gives the Oath of Office to Warren Harding on March 4, 1921 on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/index.cfm ) ...-----.This official Architect... more
1931: The cornerstone laid for the Botanic Garden.
After years of debate, it was decided to move the Botanic Garden to its present site on Maryland Avenue. At the cornerstone laying, Senator Simeon C. Fess, Chairman of the Joint Committee on the Library, holds ... more
1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inauguration
This inauguration ceremony for Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 4, 1933, was the last ceremony to be held in March. All subsequent inaugurals have been held in January...-----.This official Architect of the Capit... more
1961 John F. Kennedy Inauguration
Inauguration ceremony for President John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961...-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (n... more
1964 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1964 Capitol Christmas Tree, a Douglas Fir from Birdsboro, PA, arrived at the Capitol Grounds to be planted as a permanent Christmas Tree on the West Front of the Capitol...In 1964, House Speaker John W. Mc... more
1964 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
A Douglas Fir from Birdsboro, Pennsylvania arrives on the West Front lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building...The tree was intended to be a permanent Christmas tree and was decorated and lighted each year through 19... more
1966 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1966 tree was a 24 foot Douglas Fir from Buddies Nurseries, Pennsylvania...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect of the Ca... more
1972 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1972 tree was a 50 foot Balsam Fir from Cherokee National Forest, Tennessee...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect of the... more
1973 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1973 tree was a 51 foot White Spruce from Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect ... more
1975 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1975 tree was a 41 foot Balsam Fir from Ottawa National Forest, Michigan...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect of the Ca... more
1976 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1976 tree was a 41 foot Red Spruce from Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect... more
1981 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1981 tree was a 50 foot White Spruce from Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect of th... more
1984 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 1984 tree was a 58 foot White Spruce from Superior National Forest, Minnesota...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect of t... more
1997: President Bill Clinton's 2nd Inauguration
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1997: President Bill Clinton's 2nd Inauguration
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2001 Fourth of July at the U.S. Capitol
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2002 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2002 tree was a 70 foot Douglas Fir from Umpqua National Forest, Oregon...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect of the Cap... more
2005 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2005 tree was a 60 foot Engelmann Spruce from Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect... more
2007 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2007 tree was a 55 foot Balsam Fir from Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont...The regular practice of displaying a Christmas tree on the Capitol Grounds is relatively recent. Records at the Architect of... more
2008 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2008 Capitol Christmas Tree was a 70 foot Subalpine Fir from Bitterroot National Forest, Montana...-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly,... more
2009 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2009 Capitol Christmas Tree was an 85 foot Blue Spruce from Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly,... more
2010 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2010 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree was a 67-foot Engelmann Spruce from Wyoming's Bridger-Teton National Forest...For more information about the Capitol Christmas Tree visit: www.aoc.gov/cc/grounds/hol_trees/i... more
2011 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree — a 65-foot Sierra white fir — is from California’s Stanislaus National Forest. It was lit on December 6, 2011 and will be lit from night fall until 11 p.m. each evening through ... more
2012 Capitol Christmas Tree on the move.
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2012 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
This year’s tree — a 65-foot Engelmann spruce — is from the Blanco Ranger District of the White River National Forest in Colorado...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for ... more
2013 04 08 DDR_6741
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2016 Capitol Christmas Tree Lit
The 2016 Capitol Christmas Tree is an 80' Engelmann Spruce from the Payette National Forest in Idaho...AOC's Superintendent of the Capitol Grounds selected this Idaho gem to grace the Capitol lawn. Read the ful... more
2016 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree
The 2016 tree is an 80 foot Engelmann Spruce from Payette National Forest, Idaho...AOC's Superintendent of the Capitol Grounds selected this Idaho gem to grace the Capitol lawn. Read the full story. ( https://w... more
2017 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree Lit
The 2017 Capitol Christmas Tree was was chosen from the Kootenai National Forest located in the northwest corner of Montana. ..This summer, AOC's Superintendent of the Capitol Grounds spent a few days submersed... more
Abraham Lincoln Statue in Rotunda - 1866
Statue of Abraham Lincoln by Harry J. Ellicott in the Capitol Rotunda in 1866. ..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (... more
Abraham Lincoln Statue
The statue of Abraham Lincoln is located in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building...Sculpture by Vinnie Ream ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/uscapitol/6750775303/ ) .Marble.1871.Rotunda.U.S. Capitol..For more... more
Aerial View of the Capitol
Aerial view of the Capitol's north/Senate side, looking south. House Office Buildings (Cannon, Longworth and Rayburn) and Nationals Park are visible in the distance...-----.This official Architect of the Capito... more
Alexander Hamilton Statue
This statue of Alexander Hamilton is located in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building...Statue by Horatio Stone.Marble.1868.Rotunda.U.S. Capitol ..For more information on this statue visit: www.aoc.gov/cc/ar... more
AOC clear Snow from East Front of U.S. Capitol
AOC's grounds crew gets to work clearing snow from the East Front Plaza of the U.S. Capitol to ensure the grounds are safe for staff and visitors arriving at the Capitol...This official Architect of the Capitol... more
AOC Employee teaches high school students about electrical circuits
Currently 28 AOC employees teach 15 short courses at Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School in Northeast Washington, D.C.
Apotheosis of Washington at 147 years old
Prior to the 2015-2016 Rotunda Interior Restoration..-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any... more
Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol
An image looking up from the statue of George Washington in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building, showing Constantino Brumidi's fresco, the Apotheosis of Washington...More details at www.aoc.gov/capitol-bui... more
April Morning on Capitol Hill
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Attic Story Level of Dome Construction
Work beginning on the attic story of the dome, preparing to install console which are seen in the foreground. Photo taken in 1861..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for ... more
Authority Consults the Written Law
Constantino Brumidi.Fresco.c. 1875.Senate wing.U.S. Capitol..Enthroned Authority, robed in red, holds a sword and wears her attribute, a wreath of the three-pointed hastate leaf...This official Architect of the... more
Azaleas on th Capitol Grounds
The Capitol Grounds, House, and Senate Parks are a wonderful way to spend a spring day. Springtime on the historic grounds Capitol Grounds include blooming white and pink dogwoods, azaleas, Japanese Zelkova, ma... more
Baptism of Pocahontas
John Gadsby Chapman.Oil on canvas, 12' x 18'.1839; placed 1840.Rotunda.U.S. Capitol..This painting depicts the ceremony in which Pocahontas, daughter of the influential Algonkian chief Powhatan, was baptized an... more
Bartholdi Fountain at the U.S. Capitol - 1890
Women with bikes enjoy the Bartholdi Fountain in its original location northwest of the Capitol on the National Mall in 1890 with the U.S. Capitol in the background (today the fountain is located in the US Bota... more
Bartholdi Fountain
In 1877 the United States purchased Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's "Fountain of Light and Water" – commonly called the Bartholdi Fountain. Beginning in 2008, the Architect of the Capitol undertook a complete off-... more
Bartholdi Fountain
In 1877 the United States purchased Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's "Fountain of Light and Water" – commonly called the Bartholdi Fountain. Beginning in 2008, the Architect of the Capitol undertook a complete off-... more
Bartholdi Park
From this view in Bartholdi Park you can see the Botanic Garden Conservatory, U.S. Capitol Dome, Bartholdi Fountain and the Rayburn House Office Building...The Park was created in 1932 and named for Frederic Au... more
Bartolomé de Las Casas
Constantino Brumidi.Oil on plaster.1876.Senate wing.U.S. Capitol..Brumidi showed the priest at his desk with an Indian companion, looking out a window at the native peoples whose enslavement he denounced...This... more
Bellona, Roman Goddess of War
Constantino Brumidi.Fresco.Date undocumented.Senate wing.U.S. Capitol..The Roman goddess of war stood guard over the door to the room of the Military Affairs Committee...----..This official Architect of the Cap... more
Benjamin Franklin
Constantino Brumidi.Fresco.c. 1873.Senate wing.U.S. Capitol...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or ... more
Brumidi Corridors
The vaulted, ornately decorated corridors on the first floor of the Senate wing in the United States Capitol are called the Brumidi Corridors because, although assistants and other artists are responsible for m... more
Brumidi Corridors
The vaulted, ornately decorated corridors on the first floor of the Senate wing in the U.S. Capitol Building are called the Brumidi Corridors in honor of Constantino Brumidi, the Italian artist who designed the... more
Brumidi Corridors
The vaulted, ornately decorated corridors on the first floor of the Senate wing in the U.S. Capitol Building are called the Brumidi Corridors in honor of Constantino Brumidi, the Italian artist who designed the... more
Bulfinch Dome
Engraving showing the first dome of the U.S. Capitol, designed by Charles Bulfinch...By William H. Bartlett, circa 1840....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for education... more
Capitol - 1861 with Union Soldiers
Capitol in March 1861, Union Soldiers at drill on the East Front of the grounds. ...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purpos... more
Capitol - December 10, 2014
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Capitol After Bulfinch Dome Removed 1856
CAPITOL AFTER REMOVAL OF THE OLD DOME..One of the columns of the New dome put up temporarily to ascertain the effect of the sculptural [effect] of the [corinthian] capital. Steam engine for hoisting materials [... more
Capitol after Fire of 1814
Drawing of the U.S. Capitol after the Capitol was burned by British Troops on August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812...For more information on the Fire of 1814 visit: www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/Fire-of-1814.cfm ( ... more
Capitol at Dawn May 15, 2014
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Capitol at Dawn May 20, 2014
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Capitol August 29, 2014
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Capitol Building Center with Freedom and the Dome
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Capitol Building with Snow Dusting March 2013
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Capitol c.1856
West Front of the Capitol with brackets for columns at the base of the dome in place. Property yard next to the Senate wing visible. Photo ca. 1856...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being... more
Capitol Construction Crane in Yard 1850s
Photo commissioned by Montgomery Meigs during Capitol extensions and Dome construction in the 1850s ...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news ... more
Capitol Construction January 1856
S.E VIEW OF THE CAPITOL AFTER REMOVAL OF THE OLD DOME. .One of the columns of the New dome put up temporarily to ascertain the effect of the sculptural [effect] of the [corinthian] capital. Steam engine for ho... more
Capitol Construction Yard 1857
Workshop and stone yard on northwest lawn. Photo taken September 1857..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not adver... more
Capitol Dawn May 28, 2014
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Capitol Dome at Dawn. September 2013
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Capitol Dome at Night
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Capitol Dome at Twilight
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Capitol Dome Construction - 1857
View from the east of the construction of the U.S. Capitol Dome in 1857.....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not a... more
Capitol Dome Construction - 1859
First row of columns of the dome erected. Cast iron brackets tying column to structure in place and will be later hidden by the entablature. Photo taken January 6, 1859...This official Architect of the Capitol... more
Capitol Dome on Blue Sky day in April
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Capitol Dome on fall day
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Capitol Dome Restoration January 2015
Work on scaffold has completed moving up the Dome and repairs have begun in enclosed areas. This repair work includes lead paint removal, application of primer coat, cast iron repairs, new castings, epoxy filli... more
Capitol Dome Restoration January 2015
Work on scaffold has completed moving up the Dome and repairs have begun in enclosed areas. This repair work includes lead paint removal, application of primer coat, cast iron repairs, new castings, epoxy filli... more
Capitol Dome Restoration January 2015
Work on scaffold has completed moving up the Dome and repairs have begun in enclosed areas. This repair work includes lead paint removal, application of primer coat, cast iron repairs, new castings, epoxy filli... more
Capitol Dome Restoration November 2014
Work on scaffold has completed moving up the Dome and repairs have begun in enclosed areas. More www.aoc.gov/Dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/Dome ) ...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made a... more
Capitol Dome Restoration November 2014
Work on scaffold has completed moving up the Dome and repairs have begun in enclosed areas. More www.aoc.gov/Dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/Dome ) ...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made a... more
Capitol Dome Restoration October 9, 2014
10/9/2014..Placement of elements of scaffold that will reach, and eventually cover, the entire Capitol Dome enabling restoration work on Dome. More www.aoc.gov/Dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/Dome ) . .This official ... more
Capitol Dome Restoration October 10, 2014
10/10/2014..Placement of elements of scaffold that will reach, and eventually cover, the entire Capitol Dome enabling restoration work on Dome. More www.aoc.gov/Dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/Dome ) . .This official... more
Capitol Dome Restoration October 13, 2014
10/13/14..Placement of elements of scaffold that will reach, and eventually cover, the entire Capitol Dome enabling restoration work on Dome. More www.aoc.gov/Dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/Dome ) . .This official A... more
Capitol Dome Restoration September 2014
9/28/14..Placement of elements of scaffold that will reach, and eventually cover, the entire Capitol Dome enabling restoration work on Dome. More www.aoc.gov/Dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/Dome ) . .This official Ar... more
Capitol Dome
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Capitol Dome
August 2010
Capitol in Spring - April 2010
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Capitol Magnolias
First day of meteorological spring 2012. Magnolias beginning bloom at the Capitol....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purpos... more
Capitol Model Makers 1904
This study model in plaster in a scale of 1/5 inch = 1 foot was constructed by Emile Garet (wearing hat in photo), an architect sculptor, for the Architect of the Capitol as part of a 1904 report for the extens... more
Capitol Reflecting Pool - Prior to Grant Memorial Restoration
The Capitol Reflecting Pool is located at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Six acres in size, it occupies over half of the area called Union Square. It is set into a plaza that includes, ... more
Capitol Rotunda Canopy
Prior to the 2015-2016 Rotunda Interior Restoration..-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any... more