Details
Creator Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect.
Title [Entrance hall, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
Date ca. 1901
Physical Description 1 drawing : pencil and watercolor mounted behind gray board ; circular print on rectangular mount 53 x 53 cm. (21 x 21 in.)
Description Colorful architetural rendering of entrance hall, showing details of sculptures over doorway, arches, and floor design with horses and state seal.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Signature and seal of Joseph M. Huston, architect, on recto.
Huston was commissioned to design the Capitol, constructed between 1902 and 1906 to house the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the chambers of the Sumpreme Court of Pennsylvania, and the offices of the Governor.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol.
LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48.
See P.8479.106 for photographic reproduction of drawing.
Reproduced in The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), p. 100.
Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Subject Pennsylvania State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.)
Capitols -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Entrance halls -- Pennsylvania -- Harrisburg.
Genre Architectural drawings -- 1900-1910.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.67]
Accession number P.8479.67