DESCRIPTION:
Subject: State Capitol, Harrisburg, PA
Condition: Poor (See scans)
Back side: Simple
Circulated: Yes
Year: 1906
Publisher: Illustrated Postal Card, Co.
Postmark: June 5, 1906, Gettysburg, PA
"The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is in downtown Harrisburg. It was designed in 1902 in a Beaux-Arts style with Renaissance themes throughout. The capitol houses the chambers for the Pennsylvania General Assembly, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate, and the Harrisburg chambers for the Supreme and Superior Courts of Pennsylvania, as well as the offices of the Governor and the Lieutenant Governor. It is also the main building of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex.
The seat of government for the state was originally in Philadelphia, then was relocated to Lancaster in 1799 and finally to Harrisburg in 1812. The current capitol, known as the Huston Capitol, is the third state capitol building to be built in Harrisburg. The first, the Hills Capitol, was destroyed in 1897 by a fire and the second, the Cobb Capitol, was left unfinished when funding was discontinued in 1899.
Joseph Miller Huston designed the current capitol, dedicated in 1906. After its completion, the capitol project was the subject of a graft scandal. The construction and subsequent furnishing cost three times more than the General Assembly had appropriated for the project. Huston and four others were convicted of graft in relation to costs of the total project.
The capitol is often referred to as a "palace of art" because
of its many sculptures, murals and stained-glass windows, most of
which use Pennsylvania themes or were made by Pennsylvanians. The
building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in
1977. Starting in 1982, the restoration of the capitol has been
ongoing. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2006;
the boundaries were expanded to include the Capitol Complex in 2013
with the capitol a contributing property."
(Attribution: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_State_Capitol)
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