Interior view looking south from the speaker's podium at the Senate Chamber, showing rows of desks and the visitor's gallery in the rear. Notice the ornate bronze work of the balconies and the heavy bronze candelabra hanging from the ceiling., Copyrighed by S.C. Huston., Title supplied by cataloguer., The Pennsylvania State Capitol building was constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston., 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., Reproduced in Charles H. Caffin's Handbook of the New Capitol of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Mount Pleasant Press, 1906) p. 47, and in article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook," pg. 198., Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date
c1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.27]