Charles Bulfinch was an early American architect, and has been regarded by many as the first American-born professional architect to practice.
Charles Bulfinch
Massachusetts State House, completed 1798
Old Connecticut State House, built in 1796
1st Harrison Gray Otis House, 141 Cambridge Street
United States Capitol rotunda
The United States Capitol building features a central rotunda below the Capitol dome. Built between 1818 and 1824, the rotunda has been described as the Capitol's "symbolic and physical heart".
Rotunda viewed from behind the statue of George Washington (2005)
Tour groups inside the rotunda (2012)
Capitol dome
Frieze of American History, by Constantino Brumidi, in the Capitol rotunda