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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., 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: [Wall elevation in House Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Colorful architectural rendering of a wall in the House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol building. Includes pairs of Corinthian columns spaced between each tall window, capped by the entablature and ocular stained glass windows near the ceiling., Title supplied by cataloguer., 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., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
Date: ca. 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.64]

Title: [House of Representatives, looking toward visitors' gallery, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Interior view looking north in the House Chamber, showing the desks arranged in tiers and the floor gradually ascending to the back of the room, where the second floor entrances are located. This image shows the visitors' gallery over the entrances, supported by double Corinthian columns. Includes the cove and ceiling and elaborate, hanging candelabra., 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) pg. 51, with a detailed description of the House Chambers pp. 50-55. See also 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: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.23]

Title: [House of Representatives, looking toward podium, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Interior view looking south in the House Chamber, showing the desks arranged in tiers and the floor gradually descending to the front of the room, where the podium is located. Includes the front wall behind the podium, temporarily decorated with a fleur-de-lis pattern until the 1911-installation of Edwin Austin Abbey's The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania. Also shows the hanging, ornate candelabra and the Corinthian columns, which support the main beams in the cove 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 article entitled "A Costly Triumph" by Harold J. Howland in the Saturday, January 26, 1907 issue of "The Outlook" pg. 199., 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.8479.103.24]

Title: [ House Chamber, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pa.]
Description: Colorful architectural rendering of the interior of the House of Representatives chamber in the Capitol building, constructed by Joseph M. Huston between 1902 to 1906. View looking northwest toward the front podium, showing auditorium seating, a dome, and a mural under the cove ceiling above the central podium. Ocular stained glass windows line the walls., 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 The Pennsylvania Capitol Preservation Committee's Literature in Stone: The Hundred Year History of Pennsylvania's State Capitol (Harrisburg, Pa.: Integra Graphics, 2006), p. 91., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Creator: Huston, Joseph M., 1866-1940, architect
Date: ca. 1903
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **Architectural Drawings - Huston [P.8479.63]

Title: [House of Representatives ceiling, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]
Description: Interior view looking south toward the front podium in the House of Representatives chamber, showing a detailed view of chandeliers hanging from the ornate ceiling, divided by gilded beams and decorated with a circle to be filled in with a mural painting by Edwin Austin Abbey representing the twenty-four hours. Also includes the front wall behind the podium, temporarily decorated with a fleur-de-lis pattern until the 1911-installation of The Apotheosis of Pennsylvania, also by Edwin Austin Abbey. The bronze light fixtures in the House Chamber were furnished by the Pennsylvania Bronze Company., Signature of architect Joseph M. Huston on recto., Joseph M. Huston was commissioned to design the new 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., Forms part of the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date: ca. 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department **photo - unidentified - Cities [P.8479.70]

Title: [House of Representatives, cove and ceiling, Pennsylvania State Capitol building, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.]
Description: Interior view looking west at the cove and gilded ceiling in the House Chamber, showing pairs of Corinthian columns supporting the main beams in the ceiling, along with the ocular stained glass windows designed by William Brantley Van Ingen and executed by Thomas Wright and John Calvin of the Decorative Stained Glass Company of New York. The titles of the scenes depicted in these windows are, from right to left: Steam Engineering, Commerce, Abundance, Petroleum, and Education., 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., Forms part of the photograph album in the Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection.
Date: 1906
Location: Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Pennsylvania Capitol Photograph Collection [P.8479.103.25]

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