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Date
1-1-1985
Description
The Rhode Island State House is made up of 327,000 cubic feet (9,300 m3) of white Georgia marble, 15 million bricks, and 1,309 short tons (1,188 t) of iron floor beams (wikipedia). The dome is currently the fourth largest self-supporting stone dome in the world. The building’s Beaux-Arts design came from the McKim, Mead & White’s office contemporaneous to the “White City” look of the World’s Columbian Exposition (1893) in Chicago. The State House contains magnificent Neo-Renaissance interiors by Stanford White. It is the jewel in the crown that is the Capital Center.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Architects
Building Type
Capitol
Building Style
Beaux Arts Neo-Renaissance
Themes
City Beautiful
Subject Headings
Rhode Island State House (Providence R.I.); Historic buildings -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Capital Center (Providence, R.I.)
Country Name
United States of America
Region Name
Rhode Island
City Name
Providence
Street Address
90 Smith St. from Congdon St.
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet and McKim, Mead & White, "Rhode Island State House from Prospect Terrace Park" (1985). Browse All. 86.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/86
Keywords
State House, Prospect Terrace Park, Capital Center
Notes
Woodward, PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture (Providence, 2003), 107. Jordy, Buildings of Rhode Island (Oxford, 2004), 122-4 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House http://www.cupola.com/html/bldgstru/statecap/cap09.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_White