Hall of Columns
The Hall of Columns is a more than 100-foot-long (30 m) hallway lined with 28 fluted columns in the south wing extension of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. It is also the gallery for 18 statues of the National Statuary Hall Collection.
History
The "Hall of Columns" emerged as part of the necessitated expansion of the north and south Capitol wings in the mid-nineteenth century due to the increased numbers of elected
Built directly beneath the Chamber of the House of Representatives, construction had begun sometime before 1855, with the implementation of a
The capitals of the columns are based on "Corinthian" styled columns, but adjusted to reflect an American style with the usage of thistles and native tobacco leaves in the cast iron.[2]
National Statuary Hall Collection
- Alexander Hamilton representing all the states, in marble, by Horatio Stone in 1868.
- Francis Preston Blair from Missouri, in marble by Alexander Doyle in 1899.
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton from Maryland, in bronze, by Richard E. Brooks in 1903.
- Charles H. Niehaus in 1913 (this statue was replaced in 2011, and now sits in Michigan).[3]
- Jacob Collamer from Vermont, in marble, by Preston Powers in 1881.
- Jabez L. M. Curry from Alabama, in marble, by Dante Sodini in 1908 (this statue was replaced in 2009).[4]
- Augustus Lukemanin 1931.
- Nathanael Greene from Rhode Island, in marble, by Henry Kirke Brown in 1870.
- Ernest Gruening from Alaska, in bronze, by George Anthonisenin 1977.
- Felix W. de Weldon in 1980 (this statue has been now moved into the Congressional Visitor Center).[6]
- Philip Kearny from New Jersey, in bronze, by Henry Kirke Brown in 1888.
- John E. Kenna from West Virginia, in marble, by Alexander Doyle in 1901.
- Thomas Starr King from California, in bronze, by Haig Patigian in 1931. (Removed by the State of California and replaced with that of the 40th President Ronald Wilson Reagan in the Rotunda)
- Eusebio Kino from Arizona, in marble, by Suzanne Silvercruys in 1965 (this statue has been now moved into the Congressional Visitor Center).[7]
- Julius Sterling Morton from Nebraska, in bronze, by Rudulph Evans in 1937.
- Leonard W. Volkin 1893.
- Edmund Kirby Smith from Florida, in bronze, by C. Adrian Pillars in 1922.
- Joseph Ward from South Dakota, in marble, by Bruno Beghé in 1963.
- Sarah Winnemucca from Nevada, in bronze, by Benjamin Victor in 2005.
- Richard S. Greenoughin 1876.
Notes
- ^ "History of the U.S. Capitol Building". Architect of the Capitol.
- ^ a b c "Hall of Columns". Architect of the Capitol.
- ^ "Gerald R. Ford Jr. Statue, U.S. Capitol for Michigan | AOC".
- ^ "Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (Replaced)". Architect of the Capitol.
- ^ "James Harlan (Replaced)". Architect of the Capitol.
- ^ "Mother Joseph". Architect of the Capitol.
- ^ "Eusebio Kino". Architect of the Capitol.
External links
Media related to United States Capitol - Hall of Columns at Wikimedia Commons