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Washington State Capitol
Washington State Capitol: Washington State Capitol - 2020-05-03 -01
Washington State Capitol: Washington State Capitol - John A. Cherberg, Legislative, and Irv Newhouse Buildings

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Capitol · Olympia, United States

Washington State Capitol

On the globe
Dated
Dated 1922–28
Declared purpose
Seat of the Washington Legislature
Today
Survives, still the capitol
Build time
About 6 years (1922–28)
Region
United States
Architect of record
Wilder and White, architects: about when credited (1911, born ). Build time on record: about 6 years (1922–28).All architects of record →
On the list as
Documented

Hidden history

Found, Not Built

One of the tallest masonry domes in the world on the Legislative Building in Olympia, by Wilder and White.

  1. A masonry dome

    Its dome is often listed among the tallest self-supporting masonry domes.

  2. A group plan

    The dome stands at the centre of a campus of matching buildings by the same architects.

Questions worth asking

  • Why build a whole capitol campus to one plan?

Possible original uses

  • Capitol

What the photos show

Sources

Further viewing

Episodes from My Lunch Break (Michael Kruse), the main lens for this app. They open on YouTube.

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