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- House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of the brick wing that was home to House of Representatives in the Stephen Hills-designed capitol building., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's label pasted on verso., James Hamilton Windrim was commissioned in 1877 to add a one-story extension to the House side of the Stephen Hills-designed Capitol building in Harrisburg to accomodate new members of the General Assembly. From 1895 to 1897 he was commissioned, with his son John T. Windrim, to perform alterations and upgrades on the building., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Dillon, Jas. L., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1894
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8606.10]
- Title
- House of Representatives, Harrisburg, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of the brick wing that was home to House of Representatives in the Stephen Hills-designed capitol building., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's label pasted on verso., James Hamilton Windrim was commissioned in 1877 to add a one-story extension to the House side of the Stephen Hills-designed Capitol building in Harrisburg to accomodate new members of the General Assembly. From 1895 to 1897 he was commissioned, with his son John T. Windrim, to perform alterations and upgrades on the building., 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. 57., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Dillon, Jas. L., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1894
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8606.11]
- Title
- [House of Representatives, interior, Harrisburg, Pa.]
- Description
- Interior view of the House of Representatives chamber without any furniture in the Stephen Hills-designed capitol building. Hills designed the building in 1819. The building burned in 1897, and another capitol building was hastily constructed after designs by Henry Ives Cobb. Dissatisfaction with the new building prompted another design competition, which Joseph M. Huston won. His building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 and still stands in Harrisburg today., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's label pasted on verso., James Hamilton Windrim was commissioned in 1877 to add a one-story extension to the House side of the Stephen Hills-designed Capitol building in Harrisburg to accomodate new members of the General Assembly. From 1895 to 1897 he was commissioned, with his son John T. Windrim, to perform alterations and upgrades on the building., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Dillon, Jas. L., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1894
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8606.14]
- Title
- [House of Representatives, interior, Harrisburg, Pa.]
- Description
- Interior view looking toward a second floor balcony in the empty House of Representatives chamber in the Stephen Hills-designed capitol building. Hills designed the building in 1819. The building burned in 1897, and another capitol building was hastily constructed after designs by Henry Ives Cobb. Dissatisfaction with the new building prompted another design competition, which Joseph M. Huston won. His building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 and still stands in Harrisburg today., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's label pasted on verso., James Hamilton Windrim was commissioned in 1877 to add a one-story extension to the House side of the Stephen Hills-designed Capitol building in Harrisburg to accomodate new members of the General Assembly. From 1895 to 1897 he was commissioned, with his son John T. Windrim, to perform alterations and upgrades on the building., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Dillon, Jas. L., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1894
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8606.15]
- Title
- Addition to Senate Chambers, Harrisburg, Pa
- Description
- Exterior view of the brick wing that was home to the Senate in the Stephen Hills-designed capitol building. Hills designed the building in 1819. The building burned in 1897, and another capitol building was hastily constructed after designs by Henry Ives Cobb. Dissatisfaction with the new building prompted another design competition, which Joseph M. Huston won. His building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 and still stands in Harrisburg today., Title inscribed in negative., Photographer's label pasted on verso., James H. Windrim and his son John T. Windrim were commissioned to performed many alterations and upgrades to the building from 1895 to 1897., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
- Creator
- Dillon, Jas. L., photographer
- Date
- ca. 1895
- Location
- Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8606.23]

