The Forum Office Building, at Walnut Street and Commonwealth Avenue, was built in 1931, as part of the continued expansion of the original Capitol Complex, by the architectural firm, Gehron and Ross. The 6-floor neoclassical building, with heavy art deco ornamentation, was the first to frame the Soldiers Grove Mall. It serves as the home to the Pennsylvania State Library and to the Forum Concert Hall, with its astrological star-studded ceiling.
The Pennsylvania Capitol Grounds, officially the Capitol Park, bounded by North Street on the north, 7th Street on the east, Walnut Street on the south and 3rd Street on the west, comprises 45 acres. Arnold Brunner designed the layout of the grounds, which originally totaled only 15 acres from the land Harris and Maclay gave to the state. The remaining 29 acres were added when the state bought the Eighth Ward.
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The Pennsylvania State Capitol was built from 1902 to 106 to the Italian Renaissance design of Joseph Huston, who incorporated the walls of an unsuccessful 1898 plan and building by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb. The 520-foot long center wing features a 272-foot high dome, inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, with two side wings, each adding an additional 212-feet in length. The 94-foot dome is topped by the 14-foot, 6-inch gilded brass statue of Commonwealth by Roland Hinton Perry.
The Pennsylvania Capitol Grounds, officially the Capitol Park, bounded by North Street on the north, 7th Street on the east, Walnut Street on the south and 3rd Street on the west, comprises 45 acres. Arnold Brunner designed the layout of the grounds, which originally totaled only 15 acres from the land Harris and Maclay gave to the state. The remaining 29 acres were added when the state bought the Eighth Ward.
National Register #77001162 (1977)
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This door is one of fourteen doors at the Forum Office Building decorated by Lee Lawrie. Each door depicts man's creative and cultural occupations with twelve panels depicting fables, circus, mythological tales, poetry, music, drama, science and philosophy.
The Forum Office Building, at Walnut Street and Commonwealth Avenue, was built in 1931, as part of the continued expansion of the original Capitol Complex, by the architectural firm, Gehron and Ross. The 6-floor neoclassical building, with heavy art deco ornamentation, was the first to frame the Soldiers Grove Mall. It serves as the home to the Pennsylvania State Library and to the Forum Concert Hall, with its astrological star-studded ceiling.
The Pennsylvania Capitol Grounds, officially the Capitol Park, bounded by North Street on the north, 7th Street on the east, Walnut Street on the south and 3rd Street on the west, comprises 45 acres. Arnold Brunner designed the layout of the grounds, which originally totaled only 15 acres from the land Harris and Maclay gave to the state. The remaining 29 acres were added when the state bought the Eighth Ward.
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The Soldiers Grove Mall, a formal Red Oak Tree-lined mall linking the Pennsylvania Capitol Building to Fisher Plaza and the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge beyond, is dedicated recognition of the Soldiers and sailors from Pennsylvania who served in any of our country's wars and in memory of those who made the supreme sacrifice.
The Pennsylvania Capitol Grounds, officially the Capitol Park, bounded by North Street on the north, 7th Street on the east, Walnut Street on the south and 3rd Street on the west, comprises 45 acres. Arnold Brunner designed the layout of the grounds, which originally totaled only 15 acres from the land Harris and Maclay gave to the state. The remaining 29 acres were added when the state bought the Eighth Ward.
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The Pennsylvania State Capitol was built from 1902 to 106 to the Italian Renaissance design of Joseph Huston, who incorporated the walls of an unsuccessful 1898 plan and building by Chicago architect Henry Ives Cobb. The 520-foot long center wing features a 272-foot high dome, inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, with two side wings, each adding an additional 212-feet in length. The 94-foot dome is topped by the 14-foot, 6-inch gilded brass statue of Commonwealth by Roland Hinton Perry.
The Pennsylvania Capitol Grounds, officially the Capitol Park, bounded by North Street on the north, 7th Street on the east, Walnut Street on the south and 3rd Street on the west, comprises 45 acres. Arnold Brunner designed the layout of the grounds, which originally totaled only 15 acres from the land Harris and Maclay gave to the state. The remaining 29 acres were added when the state bought the Eighth Ward.
National Register #77001162 (1977)
Tags: Pennsylvania State Capitol Building Pennsylvania State Capitol State Capitol capitol beaux-arts renaissance revival classic renaissance Italian renaisannace Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex Downtown Harrisburg Harrisburg Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area Harrisburg metropolitan area Susquehanna Valley Dauphin County Pennsylvania PA US National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places NRHP NHL US National Historic Landmark National Historic Landmark dome Commonwealth Roland Hinton Perry Joseph Huston