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The gold-domed marble and granite Victorian Gothic building, opened in 1878, is adorned with spires, statues, medallions, bas-reliefs, stained glass, and stenciling. It houses working government offices including the legislative chambers and the Governor’s office.
The Connecticut State Capitol is located north of Capitol Avenue and south of Bushnell Park in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. The building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the House of Representatives, as well as the office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut.
Opened in 1878 and standing in the picturesque setting of Bushnell Park, this beautiful and unique building houses the executive offices and legislative chambers of the state, as well as historical memorabilia including statues of Nathan Hale, "The Genius of Connecticut" and Governor William Buckingham.
Constructed of New England marble and granite and crowned by a gold leaf dome, the Capitol was built at a cost of $2,532,524.43 and has an estimated replacement value of more than $200,000,000.
- The Capitol’s Interior
- Details on The Exterior
- James Batterson—Capitol Builder
- Richard Upjohn—Capitol Architect
- Capitol Restoration
The interior was purposely designed to be different from that of the exterior. Instead of focusing on mass, the inside was designed to show attention to detail. The inside frames of the windows are made of marble and many of the windows themselves are stained glass. The main entrance has marble piers and polished granite columns. The hallways of th...
The exterior dome of the building is surrounded with twelve statues which represent agriculture, commerce, education and law, force and war, science and justice, and music. The building’s dome originally was home to The Genius of Connecticut, one of the Capitol’s many statues. It was damaged during a 1938 hurricane and taken down, then, during Worl...
The State of Connecticut commissioned James Batterson to construct the capitol building based on architect Richard Upjohn’s design. Batterson was born in Windsor, Connecticut, and grew up in New Preston in what is now the town of Washington. It was there that he established himself in the cemetery and monument business. Batterson began to branch ou...
Richard Upjohn Jr. was born in England in 1828 and grew up in New York. His father, Richard Upjohn Sr., was an influential Gothic Revival architect in the United States. It is believed Upjohn studied Victorian Gothic buildings abroad and brought these designs back with him when he began his own career in architecture. The Capitol Commission Committ...
The capitol building was built between 1872 and 1879. One hundred years later, the building was due for restoration. The restoration process ultimately took ten years (from 1979 to 1989). The state hired Dominic Cimino as the chief architect. Cimino’s role in the restoration of the capitol building was not that different from its original builder, ...
The Connecticut State Capitol. The current building, completed in 1880, is the third capitol building for the State of Connecticut since the American Revolution. The General Assembly had met alternately in Hartford and New Haven since before the Revolution.
The Connecticut State Capitol is located north of Capitol Avenue and south of Bushnell Park in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. The building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the House of Representatives, as well as the office of the Governor of the State of Connecticut.
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