View of grille ornamented with a foliage pattern on the base and in the top frieze., Typed label pasted on verso: Grille: 8' 6" x 3' 7" Weight 985 lbs. Executed for Penn State Capitol Bldg. Joseph M. Huston, Architect. Geo. F. Payne & Co., contractors. The Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co., bronze founders., 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., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date
1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.54]
Detail of a grille, possibly designed for the balcony opposite the entrance of the Supreme Court, in the Capitol building constructed from 1902 to 1906 after designs by Joseph M. Huston. Design consists of an eagle with wings outstretched in the middle, flanked on both sides by floral ornaments., Typed label pasted on verso: Designed by Joseph M. Huston, architect for Pennsylvania Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa. Cast and finished by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co. Weight 965 lbs. 9' 1" x 2" 6"., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Maro S. Hunting. Mrs. Hunting was the granddaughter of Joseph M. Huston, the architect of the Capitol., An image of the balcony grille appears in Charles H. Caffin's Handbook of the New Capitol of Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, Pa.: Mount Pleasant Press, 1906) pg. 61., LCP AR [Annual Report] 1979, pp. 42, 47-48., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date
1906
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.48]
