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The United States Capitol is a monument, a working office building, and one of the most recognizable symbols of representative democracy in the world. Created by: PICRYL - Public Domain Media Search EngineDated: 2018
East Front November 2013
The history of the United States Capitol Building begins in 1793. Since then, the U.S. Capitol has been built, burnt, rebuilt, extended and restored. The Capitol that we see today is the result of several major periods of construction; it stands as a monument to the ingenuity, determination and skill of the American people.
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Capitol Construction January 1856

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

Thomas Jefferson Statue

Thomas Jefferson Statue

The statue of Thomas Jefferson by Pierre-Jean David d’Angers located in the Capitol Rotunda was the first full-length portrait statue placed in the Capitol. Its bronze medium was unusual in early 19th-century A... More

Timucuan Village - A painting on the ceiling of a building

Timucuan Village - A painting on the ceiling of a building

EverGreene Painting Studios.Oil on Canvas.1993-1994. .Three Native Americans of northern Florida's Timucuan tribe are depicted near their village...-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is bei... More

Summerhouse - A brick building with a gate in front of it

Summerhouse - A brick building with a gate in front of it

The Summerhouse, a hexagon-shaped brick structure set into the sloping hillside of the West Front lawn on the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol, has offered rest and shelter to travelers for over a century. Const... More

United States Capitol, North Wing

United States Capitol, North Wing

For more information on the U.S. Capitol visit: www.aoc.gov/us-capitol-building ( http://www.aoc.gov/us-capitol-building ) ..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educati... More

Dome Cupola Level November 2013

Dome Cupola Level November 2013

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt's First Inauguration

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

1964 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

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

Sakakawea Statue North Dakota

Sakakawea Statue North Dakota

Sakakawea (1788?-1812).North Dakota.Bronze by Leonard Crunelle.Given in 2003.CVC Emancipation Hall.U.S. Capitol..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, schola... More

United States Capitol - 1846

United States Capitol - 1846

This 1846 photograph by John Plumbe is among the earliest known of the Capitol. It shows the building's first dome, which was made of brick, wood, and copper and designed by Architect of the Capitol Charles Bul... More

Design proposed for Hall of Representatives - 1815

Design proposed for Hall of Representatives - 1815

Design proposed by B. Henry Latrobe in 1815 to rebuild the Hall of Representatives (now called National Statuary Hall) after the room was destroyed in the Fire of 1814. More www.aoc.gov/capitol-buildings/nation... More

Statue of Freedom with flag flying over US House of Representatives

Statue of Freedom with flag flying over US House of Representatives

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

Capitol Dome Restoration September 2014

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

Early Photograph of the Capitol

Early Photograph of the Capitol

Photograph of the U.S. Capitol taken circa 1866..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other com... More

October at the Capitol - A view of the capitol building from the top of a building

October at the Capitol - A view of the capitol building from the top o...

The leaves begin to change colors in early October on the Capitol Grounds....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not ... More

2007 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

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

Bartholdi Fountain at the U.S. Capitol - 1890

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

Capitol in Spring - April 2010

Capitol in Spring - April 2010

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Corpse Flower at the U.S. Botanic Garden

Corpse Flower at the U.S. Botanic Garden

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

Giant Sequoia on the U.S. Capitol Grounds

Giant Sequoia on the U.S. Capitol Grounds

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U.S. Capitol Building - A large building with a flag on top of it

U.S. Capitol Building - A large building with a flag on top of it

West Front view of the U.S. Capitol Building..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commer... More

Women's Suffrage Parade, 1917

Women's Suffrage Parade, 1917

Allyn Cox.Oil on Canvas.1973-1974.Great Experiment Hall.Cox Corridors..For decades after America won its independence from Great Britain, many of its people still lacked basic rights. The drive for woman suffra... More

1981 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

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

Bartholdi Fountain - A fountain in a park at night with a building in the background

Bartholdi Fountain - A fountain in a park at night with a building in ...

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

U.S. Capitol in 1814 - Public domain historic place drawing

U.S. Capitol in 1814 - Public domain historic place drawing

Drawing of the U.S. Capitol as it appeared in 1814 before the fire set to the building by the British in that same year....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for education... More

1861 Abraham Lincoln's First Inauguration

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

Frederick Douglass Statue

Frederick Douglass Statue

The statue of Frederick Douglass was dedicated by Congress in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Wednesday, June 19, 2013.

Frederick Law Olmsted - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Frederick Law Olmsted - A black and white photo of a man with a beard

Regarded as the founder of American landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted (1822–1903) is best known for designing the grounds of New York City’s Central Park, the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the B... More

Photo of Statue of Freedom - Public domain dedication

Photo of Statue of Freedom - Public domain dedication

The bronze Statue of Freedom by Thomas Crawford is the stands atop the dome of the United States Capitol...To learn about the Statue of Freedom visit: www.aoc.gov/cc/art/freedom.cfm ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/... More

United States Capitol at Dusk

United States Capitol at Dusk

For more information on the U.S. Capitol Dome visit: www.aoc.gov/cc/architecture/index.cfm ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/architecture/index.cfm ) ...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made ava... More

Apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol

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

April Morning on Capitol Hill

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Bartolomé de Las Casas - A painting of two men sitting at a table

Bartolomé de Las Casas - A painting of two men sitting at a table

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

Capitol Reflecting Pool - Prior to Grant Memorial Restoration

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 Steps - A large building with a flag on top of it

Capitol Steps - A large building with a flag on top of it

East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building looking North to South...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising ... More

Restored Capitol Dome - The dome of a building lit up at night

Restored Capitol Dome - The dome of a building lit up at night

In 2016, the first comprehensive restoration of the Capitol Dome in more than half a century was completed. Full project details are at www.aoc.gov/dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/dome ) ..-----.This official Archite... More

Capitol, Statue of Freedom, and Senate Construction Winter 1863-1864

Capitol, Statue of Freedom, and Senate Construction Winter 1863-1864

Photo c. December 1863 - January 1864 - photo shows recently installed Statue of Freedom along with the Senate Chamber under construction. ..-----.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being mad... More

First Columns of the Dome

First Columns of the Dome

First row of columns of the Dome in place and work continues on the Senate pediment. Bulfinch gate posts and iron fencing still in place. Photo taken October 26, 1859..This official Architect of the Capitol p... More

Snow at the U.S. Capitol Building

Snow at the U.S. Capitol Building

The D.C. metro area experienced one of its snowiest in history during the Winter of 2009-2010 with a total of five or more feet of snow across much of the DC area. In the February "Snowmageddon" storm alone, AO... More

Statue of War - A statue of a roman soldier in front of a building

Statue of War - A statue of a roman soldier in front of a building

Luigi Persico executed marble statues of War and Peace in Italy. They arrived at the U.S. Capitol ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/index.cfm ) in 1834 and were placed in niches on the East Front portico, flanki... More

The U.S. Capitol Dome - The dome of the us capitol building lit up at night

The U.S. Capitol Dome - The dome of the us capitol building lit up at ...

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U.S. Capitol and Olmsted Hardscapes

U.S. Capitol and Olmsted Hardscapes

The area immediately surrounding the Capitol was landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of the landscape architecture profession in America. As part of his commission Olmsted designed fountains, lamp ... More

US Capitol West Front 1888

US Capitol West Front 1888

The Capitol West Front terrace of the US Capitol was redesigned in 1886 to provide windows for a few committee rooms under the terrace. At the same time, an exedra with pilasters was designed for the lower terr... More

Car of History Clock - A statue of a woman holding a book and a clock

Car of History Clock - A statue of a woman holding a book and a clock

Located in National Statuary Hall of the U.S. Capitol, Clio, the Muse of History, stands in a winged chariot representing the passage of time and records events as they occur. The car rests on a marble globe on... More

Embarkation of the Pilgrims

Embarkation of the Pilgrims

Robert W. Weir.Oil on canvas, 12' x 18'.1843; placed 1843.Rotunda.U.S. Capitol..This painting depicts the Pilgrims on the deck of the ship Speedwell on July 22, 1620, before they departed from Delfs Haven, Holl... More

Frozen Bartholdi Fountain - circa 1880-1890

Frozen Bartholdi Fountain - circa 1880-1890

An ice-covered Bartholdi Fountain in its original location on the National Mall with the U.S. Capitol in the background..Image taken between 1880-1890...In 1877 the United States paid $6,000 for an iron fountai... More

U.S. Capitol and Christmas Tree

U.S. Capitol and Christmas Tree

December 2013, Capitol and Christmas Tree with Capitol Reflecting Pool. This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not adve... More

1964 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

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

1972 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

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

2002 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

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

AOC Employee teaches high school students about electrical circuits

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.

Capitol at Dawn May 15, 2014

Capitol at Dawn May 15, 2014

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

Capitol Dome at Night - The dome of a building lit up at night

Capitol Dome at Night - The dome of a building lit up at night

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

Capitol Dome Restoration October 9, 2014

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 September 1, 2014

Capitol September 1, 2014

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Construction Yard for Dome c.1856

Construction Yard for Dome c.1856

Rough stone and cast-iron castings in Capitol property yard. B&O depot is the tall building in the background. Not dated by circa 1856-60...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made avai... More

Elevation of Tholos of Capitol Dome and Statue of Freedom

Elevation of Tholos of Capitol Dome and Statue of Freedom

An 1859 drawing of the Tholos of the U.S. Capitol Dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/dome.cfm ) and the Statue of Freedom by Thomas U. Walter...Learn more about the Statue of Freedom at: www.aoc.gov/cc/art/f... More

House Wing of Capitol Construction

House Wing of Capitol Construction

East Front of the House wing before building the portico and steps. Not dated by circa 1857-1858..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or pe... More

Justice and History Sculpture

Justice and History Sculpture

The sculpture Justice and History is located above the Senate bronze doors on the U.S. Capitol's ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/index.cfm ) East Front. The draped female figures of Justice and History recline... More

Prototype Column Hosting

Prototype Column Hosting

Prototype column hoisted into place c. 1856...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commer... More

Senate Fountain - A lion head on a stone wall with a fire hydrant in front of it

Senate Fountain - A lion head on a stone wall with a fire hydrant in f...

Lion-head spout...------.This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any o... More

Senate Pediment and Capitol Dome

Senate Pediment and Capitol Dome

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Supreme Court West Facade Restoration

Supreme Court West Facade Restoration

During this project the scaffolding is wrapped in a scrim enclosure printed with a full-size photograph of the building’s façade, shown here. Learn more: www.aoc.gov/projects/supreme-court-west-fa%C3%A7ade-rest... More

Tulips at the U.S. Botanic Garden

Tulips at the U.S. Botanic Garden

Springtime on Capitol Hill - March 2012...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial... More

U.S. Capitol - April 23, 2015

U.S. Capitol - April 23, 2015

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U.S. Capitol - May 24, 2015

U.S. Capitol - May 24, 2015

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View of Capitol from the Library of Congress

View of Capitol from the Library of Congress

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1905 Inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt

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

Authority Consults the Written Law

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

Capitol Construction Crane in Yard 1850s

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 Dome at Twilight

Capitol Dome at Twilight

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Capitol Dome Restoration October 13, 2014

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 Magnolias - A clock tower is in the distance behind a tree

Capitol Magnolias - A clock tower is in the distance behind a tree

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

Car of History in National Statuary Hall

Car of History in National Statuary Hall

This marble sculpture, created in 1819, is among the oldest works of art in the U.S. Capitol. It depicts Clio, the muse of History, holding a book in which she records events as they unfold. Learn More: www.aoc... More

Crabapple Tree on the Capitol Grounds

Crabapple Tree on the Capitol Grounds

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

Crabapple Trees - A tree in front of the capitol building

Crabapple Trees - A tree in front of the capitol building

There are currently about 890 trees surrounding the immediate Capitol Building on Capitol Square and more than 4,300 trees throughout the entire 274-acre Capitol Grounds. Find full details at www.aoc.gov/trees ... More

Dome Peristyle Construction 1857

Dome Peristyle Construction 1857

View looking south from the roof of the senate wing showing the first row of columns near completion and the cast-irons pillars up. Temporary horizontal braces in place. Also on the roof is the steam engine ... More

Edward Dickinson Baker Statue

Edward Dickinson Baker Statue

The statue of Edward Dickinson Baker by Horatio Stone is located in the Hall of Columns in the U.S. Capitol Building...Horatio Stone.Marble.1876.Hall of Columns.U.S. Capitol...This official Architect of the Cap... More

Esther Hobart Morris Statue

Esther Hobart Morris Statue

Esther Hobart Morris (1814-1902).Wyoming.Bronze by Avard Fairbanks.Given in 1960.Hall of Columns.U.S. Capitol..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarl... More

First Nail Ceremony kicks off Inauguration Construction

First Nail Ceremony kicks off Inauguration Construction

Members of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies joined together September 20, 2012 on the West Front of the Capitol and hammered nails into a plank on the site of the platform where the Pre... More

Forsythia in bloom - A close up of a tree with yellow flowers

Forsythia in bloom - A close up of a tree with yellow flowers

Forsythia on the Grounds of the West Front of the U.S. Capitol. With the Capitol Dome and Olmsted Hardscapes in the background....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for ed... More

Helen Keller Statue - A statue of a boy and a girl standing next to each other

Helen Keller Statue - A statue of a boy and a girl standing next to ea...

Helen Keller (1880-1968).Alabama.Bronze By Edward Hlavka.CVC Emancipation Hall.U.S. Capitol..This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or persona... More

Rayburn Building Cornerstone Ceremony

Rayburn Building Cornerstone Ceremony

President John F. Kennedy speaks at the Cornerstone ceremony for the Rayburn House Office Building on May 24, 1962...For more information about the Rayburn House Office Building visit: www.aoc.gov/capitol-build... More

Restored Capitol Dome - The dome of a building lit up at night

Restored Capitol Dome - The dome of a building lit up at night

In 2016, the first comprehensive restoration of the Capitol Dome in more than half a century was completed. Full project details are at www.aoc.gov/dome ( http://www.aoc.gov/dome ) ..-----.This official Archite... More

Richard B. Russell Statue

Richard B. Russell Statue

by Frederick Hart.Marble.1995.Rotunda.Russell Senate Office Building ..For additional information please see the United States Senate webpage ( http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_21_0002... More

U.S. Capitol Dome Statue completion

U.S. Capitol Dome Statue completion

The original U.S. Capitol building, known as the "Old Capitol," was a small brick building that was completed in 1800. It served as the Capitol building until the current building was completed in the 1850s. Th... More

Statue of Freedom Plaster Model

Statue of Freedom Plaster Model

The bronze Statue of Freedom atop the United States Capitol dome was cast from the sections of this plaster model. Beginning in 1855, American sculptor Thomas Crawford designed the statue and created the model ... More

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

Surrender of Lord Cornwallis

John Trumbull.Oil on canvas, 12' x 18'.1820; placed 1826.Rotunda.U.S. Capitol..The subject of this painting is the surrender of the British army at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, which ended the last major campai... More

The Summerhouse in Spring

The Summerhouse in Spring

The Summerhouse, a brick structure set into the sloping hillside of the West Front lawn among the paths that lead from Pennsylvania Avenue to the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol, has offered rest and shelter to... More

The U.S. Capitol Dome - A flag flying in front of the dome of a building

The U.S. Capitol Dome - A flag flying in front of the dome of a buildi...

For more information on the U.S. Capitol Dome visit: www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/dome.cfm ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/dome.cfm ) ...This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for e... More

Thornton's Capitol Winning Design

Thornton's Capitol Winning Design

East elevation of the Captiol ca. 1796. ..An amateur architect from the British West Indies, Dr. William Thornton was awarded $500 and a city lot for his design of the Capitol. Today, he is honored as the first... More

Troops in Rotunda 1861 - A drawing of a group of people in a building

Troops in Rotunda 1861 - A drawing of a group of people in a building

Union Troops in 1861 in the Rotunda, the scaffold to build the new Dome is seen in the background.

U.S. Capitol - April 1, 2016

U.S. Capitol - April 1, 2016

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U.S. Capitol - April 23, 2015

U.S. Capitol - April 23, 2015

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

U.S. Capitol at Night - The capitol building is lit up at night

U.S. Capitol at Night - The capitol building is lit up at night

The East Front of the U.S. Capitol Building ( http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/index.cfm ) at night.....This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news o... More

U.S. Capitol Dome - The dome of a building with a statue on top

U.S. Capitol Dome - The dome of a building with a statue on top

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

U.S. Capitol Sunset - August 21, 2015

U.S. Capitol Sunset - August 21, 2015

This official Architect of the Capitol photograph is being made available for educational, scholarly, news or personal purposes (not advertising or any other commercial use). When any of these images is used th... More

1921 Inauguration of President Warren G. Harding

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

2010 U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree

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

Aerial View of the Capitol

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

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