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| Essential Architecture- Boston Massachusetts State House | |
architect | Charles Bulfinch |
location | Boston, MA, |
date | 1795-98 (W: 1795-97) |
style | Classical Revival |
construction | Brick |
type | Government |
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| front, photo J. Howe | |
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| angle view of front, photo J. Howe | |
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| angle view of front, print, from Moses King, King's Handbook of Boston (Cambridge, MA, 1885) | |
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| front elevation by Bulfinch (MIT? legal?) [J. Howe] | |
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| right flank and front before 1917 additions, tinted photo, from an old postcard (J. Howe) | |
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| State House Boston, 1795-98. Charles Bulfinch, architect. front view after 1917 additions and repainting in white in the 1920s, from an old postcard (J. Howe). | |
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| interior, photo, J. Randall Cotton. | |
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| Senate chamber, loggia, photo 1988, D. Stillman. | |
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| House of Repr. chamber, ceiling detail, photo 1988, D. Stillman. | |
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| plan and elevation by Bulfinch, Prints & Photo. Div., Library of Congress. | |
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