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Cover Sheet - U.S. Capitol, Senate Reception Room, Intersection of North, South, and East Capitol Streets and Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Photographer

Hand, Eric

Related names:

Walter, Thomas U., Architect
Brumidi, Constantine, Painter
Meigs, Montgomery C.
Oehrlein and Associates, contractor
Architect of the Capitol, sponsor
Title
Cover Sheet - U.S. Capitol, Senate Reception Room, Intersection of North, South, and East Capitol Streets and Capitol Mall, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Depicted place District of Columbia; District of Columbia; Washington
Date 2011
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HABS DC-38-D (sheet 1 of 10)
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Designed by Those U. Walter in 1853, the Senate Reception Room is located in the north extension of the Capitol adjacent to the Senate Chamber. The room was designed to function as a public meeting space where constituents could meet informally with their Senators. One of the Capitol's most richly decorated spaces, the room is finished with ornate plaster, tile and artwork. While the space was designed by Walter, it was decorated by Italian painter Constantine Brumidi and the supervising engineer of the north extension, Captain Montgomery C. Meigs. Walter designed a two part room divided by a monumental arch. The southern portion is crowned by a shallow coffered dome and the northern portion by a groin vault. Walter's design envisioned restrained Classical detailing for the room, but Meigs and Brumidi desired the more elaborate Rococo style that was fashionable at the time. The allegorical figures on the ceiling were executed by Brumidi in true fresco technique while other portions of the wall and ceiling decoration were rendered in oil paint. Elaborate plaster ornament, gilding and painted architectural elements frame the artwork. The complex minton tile floor patterns contribute to the overall richness of the room...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1670
  • Survey number: HABS DC-38-D
  • Building/structure dates: 1853 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1958 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 2000 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/dc1068.sheet.00001a
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Object location38° 53′ 42″ N, 77° 02′ 12.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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