National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol is built in the shape of an ancient amphitheater and is one of the earliest examples of Greek revival architecture in America. While most wall surfaces are painted plaster, the low gallery walls and pilasters are of sandstone. Around the room's perimeter stand colossal columns of variegated Breccia marble quarried along the Potomac River. The Corinthian capitals of white marble were carved in Carrara, Italy. A lantern in the fireproof cast-steel ceiling
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National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol is built in the shape of an ancient amphitheater and is one of the earliest examples of Greek revival architecture in America. While
Architect of the Capitol. . National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol is built in the shape of an ancient amphitheater and is one of the earliest examples of Greek revival architecture in America. While most wall surfaces are painted plaster, the low gallery walls and pilasters are of sandstone. Around the room's perimeter stand colossal ...
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