Our Minnesota State Capitol: From Groundbreaking Through Restoration

Gardner, Denis P.

ISBN 10: 1681340410 / ISBN 13: 9781681340418

Verlag: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2017

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The Minnesota State Capitol is both an architectural masterpiece and a revered public building. This beautiful Renaissance Revival structure is the heart of the state's civic life:a place for celebrations:demonstrations:arguments:and accomplishments. It's where history happens.

Completed in 1905:the capitol is a grand building on a grand scale:and it reflected Minnesota's growing cosmopolitanism. Noted architect Cass Gilbert won the design competition and then fought ferociously to see his vision built. At construction:the capitol was a marvel of modern engineering:with its own heating plant and the second-largest self-supported marble dome in the world. And more than a century later:after a meticulous renovation in 2015&;17:the building glows again with its original beauty.

This book includes stories of the capitol's construction and restoration:laborers and craftspeople:fine art and furnishings:and politics and protests. It features remarkable photographs:recently saved from a dumpster:that document the original construction. And it celebrates this beloved building's continued life at the center of the state's civic culture.

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren: Denis P. Gardner is Minnesota's National Register Historian and the author of Minnesota Treasures: Stories Behind the State's Historic Places.

Mark Dayton was elected as Minnesota's fortieth governor in 2010 and re-elected to a second term in 2014.

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Titel: Our Minnesota State Capitol: From ...
Verlag: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: Good
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