[Entrance hall, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pa.] [graphic].
Title
[Entrance hall, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description
Photographic reproduction of an architectural drawing by Joseph M. Huston showing details of sculptures over door, arches, and floor design with horses and state seal in the entrance hall of the Capitol building. Huston was commissioned to design the structure, 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., Title supplied by cataloguer., Signature of Joseph M. Huston on drawing., 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.8479.67 for original architectural drawing, also held by repository., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date
ca. 1901
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.106]
[Entrance hall, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.] [graphic].
Title
[Entrance hall, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
Description
Colorful architetural rendering of entrance hall, showing details of sculptures over doorway, arches, and floor design with horses and state seal., 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.
Creator
Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
Date
ca. 1901
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.67]