cast-iron dome rests on the central section of the building.(World, 196) President Washington was very pleased with Dr. Thorton's plans and he was awarded first prize. Now it was time for Washington to lay the cornerstone on September 18, 1793.(National Park) Construction was a very labor intensive and time-consuming process. The sandstone... ... middle of paper ... ...at about 10 million people come to visit this monument every year. Tours every thirty minutes of the capitol building are
When the Wollaton Hall Was Built Wollaton hall was and still is a well-known famous Nottingham building. Wollaton hall was built during the period 1580 - 1588. A designer, Robert Smythson, designed it on the commission of Sir Francis Willoughby. Much of the original building still remains, showing the style of architecture around the time of the Spanish armada. The hall had cost a total of £8,000, which was a considerable sum of money in Elizabethan times. Today the hall is a natural history
Biography of Samuel Adams Samuel Adams: From the National Statuary Hall Collection at the U.S. Capitol Among those who signed the Declaration of Independence, and were conspicuous in the revolution, there existed, of course, a great diversity of intellectual endowments; nor did all render to their country, in those perilous days, the same important services. Like the luminaries of heavens each contributed his portion of influence; but, like them, they differed, as star differeth from star in