Stephen Decatur Button was an American architect and a pioneer in the use of metal-frame construction for masonry buildings. He designed commercial buildings, schools and churches in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey; and more than 30 buildings in Cape May, New Jersey.
Arch Street Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1855).
Lewis Building (center), and 243 Chestnut Street (left).
Spring Garden Institute
Mount Moriah Cemetery Gatehouse
The Alabama State Capitol, listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the First Confederate Capitol, is the state capitol building for Alabama. Located on Capitol Hill, originally Goat Hill, in Montgomery, it was declared a National Historic Landmark on December 19, 1960. Unlike every other state capitol, the Alabama Legislature does not meet there, but at the Alabama State House. The Capitol has the governor's office and otherwise functions as a museum.
The Alabama State Capitol in 2016
The first Montgomery capitol building, destroyed by fire in 1849.
The capitol building and confederate monument in 1906, prior to erection of north and south side-wings.
Inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederate States of America on the steps of the capitol building on February 18, 1861.
