United States Capitol dome
The United States Capitol features a dome situated above its rotunda. The dome is 288 feet (88 m) in height and 96 feet (29 m) in diameter. Designed by Thomas U. Walter, the fourth Architect of the Capitol, it was constructed between 1855 and 1866 at a cost of $1,047,291. The Statue of Freedom tops the lantern on the dome, and the dome is centered over the origin on street maps of Washington, D.C.
The dome of the United States Capitol building at night in 2006
The United States Capitol in 1846 following the addition of Charles Bulfinch's dome
An 1859 cross-section drawing of the dome and its supporting structure by Thomas Ustick Walter
The March 4, 1861 inauguration of Abraham Lincoln with the unfinished capitol dome visible
The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Although no longer at the geographic center of the national capital, the U.S. Capitol forms the origin point for the street-numbering system of the district as well as its four quadrants.
The west front of the U.S. Capitol in 1997
The east front of the United States Capitol in 2013
The east front at night in 2013
Design for the U.S. Capitol, "An Elevation for a Capitol", a 1792 submission by James Diamond was ultimately not selected
