Dublin Core
Title
Aerial of Rhode Island State House and Train Station
Description
Designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead & White and constructed from 1895 to 1904. The building underwent a major renovation in the late 1990s. The building is made up of 327,000 cubic feet (9,300 m3) of white Georgia marble, 15 million bricks, and 1,309 short tons (1,188 t) of iron floor beams. The dome of the State House is the fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world. On top of the dome is a gold-covered bronze statue known as the Independent Man, originally named "Hope." The statue, weighing more than 500 pounds (230 kg), is 11 feet (3.4 m) and stands 278 feet (85 m) above the ground.
Creator
Chester Smolski
Source
Woodward, PPS/AlAri Guide to Providence Architecture (Providence, 2003), 107.
Date
1985-01-01
Rights
Rhode Island College
Format
Photograph
Photograph
Identifier
5169
Smolski Image Item Type Metadata
City
Providence
Country
United States of America
Creator 1
McKim, Mead & White
Creator 1 Role
Architects
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Rhode Island State House (Providence, R.I.); Aerial photography -- Rhode Island -- Providence; Providence Station (Providence, R.I.)
Region
Rhode Island
Street Address
90 Smith St.
Theme
Urban Development