We visited the newly-renovated Capitol building in St. Paul, Minnesota for our Fall 2017 program. The restoration project, begun in 2012, cost $310 million and encompassed 378,000 square feet in the 1905 building designed by architect Cass Gilbert. The careful restoration was truly amazing!
Bas relief in the House of Representatives chamber
The grand scope of the project turned our heads.
Ceiling detail with North Star at top
Painting in Governor's reception room - The Second Minnesota regiment at Missionary Ridge by Douglas Volk, 1906
Our group heard a presentation on details of the project.
Our members on the rooftop with the Quadriga.
The Chandelier inside the Dome is six feet in diameter and has 40,000 crystal beads. The Dome itself is the second largest in the world, after St. Peter's in Rome.
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