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Built in 1880-1888, this Renaissance Revival-style building was designed by Edwin May and Adolf Scherer to serve as the State Capitol Building, or Statehouse, of Indiana. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and was rehabilitated between 1988 and 1995, restoring the building’s exterior and interior, and ...
Built in 1880-1888, this Renaissance Revival-style building was designed by Edwin May and Adolf Scherer to serve as the State Capitol Building, or Statehouse, of Indiana. The building replaced an earlier and much smaller structure on the same site, which stood from 1835 until 1877, when it was condemned due to structural problems.
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Indiana State Capitol, Edwin May & Adolf Scherer 1878-1888 . Architects Edwin May and Adolf Scherer designed the Indiana State Capitol in an Italian Renaissance style completed in
Construction began in 1880 and the cornerstone was laid on September 28. Edwin May died in February of that year, and Adolph Scherer supervised the project for the entire construction period. The interior was modeled in the Italian Renaissance style. Wherever possible, materials native to Indiana were used.
Architect of the current Indiana State House and numerous county courthouses, Edwin May was prominent among the first generation of architects working in Indiana. Born in Boston in 1823, he moved with his carpenter father first to Madison, Indiana, and then to Indianapolis in 1842 at the age of 18.
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