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Throughout the country, state parks, historic sites, homes, buildings, museums, and similar institutions are struggling to continue operating. Because of general financial problems, many of these institutions are operating on a reduced schedule or in danger of closing. Some are being forced to sell off artifacts and property. Many will not weather these hard times without your help. Places Earth urges everyone to support these vital and important public resources any way you can. Please donate your treasure, time, and talent. Write to your governor and other elected officials telling them to find a way to keep state parks open. It will be your loss. Public Service Announcement | Test space for future ad if donations don't increase. |
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Utah State Capitol
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2008 - 2012.|
The newly restored State Capitol had just resumed tours when the author visited in May of 2008. It closed for renovation in 2004 and was rededicated January 4, 2008. The renovation added a plaza, reflecting pool, two office buildings, and underground parking. New base isolators will protect the building from severe earthquake damage. This is the second capitol in Utah, the original was built in Fillmore before the capital city was moved to Salt Lake City in 1855. Government functions were conducted in temporary locations in Salt Lake City until the new Capitol was completed in 1916. Utah became a state in 1896. Capitol Hill on the north side of Salt Lake City is on a 40 acre site designed by the Olmsted Brothers. John C. Olmsted, the son of landscape architect Frederick Olmsted, drew plans to transform Arsenal Hill (the site of local munitions storage) to the Capitol Hill. The Capitol was designed by Utah architect Richard K.A. Kletting and construction began in (December 26)1912 and completed in (October 9) 1916. At the time, construction included modern methods and materials including reinforced concrete, elevators, and electric lighting. Materials included granite from Little Cottonwood Canyon and a dome covered with Utah copper. The main building is 404 feet long, 240 feet deep, and 286 feet high - the rotunda is 165 feet high. The exterior is surrounded with 52 Corinthian columns and the 24 Ionic columns lining the interior of the wings are among the largest single-piece columns in the county. Floors are of Georgia marble. Murals and sculpture line walls, ceilings, and other parts of the interior and a 6,000 pound chandelier (plus 7,000 pound chain) hangs in the rotunda. There are 75 members in House of Representatives and 29 Senators who meet for 45-day sessions. The House of Representatives is in the west wing, the Supreme Court in the east wing, and the Senate on the north side. The House and Senate are adjacent rather than the more common opposite sides, symbolically so they work together rather than opposed. The Governor's Office is below the House, the State Reception Room (AKA Gold Room) is on the south side of the west wing. There are three main floors plus a basement now used for the base isolators. The grounds include a Vietnam memorial (388 Utah citizens) on the west and the Mormon Battalion (500 Mormons in the 1846 war with Mexico) on the east, and front and center, a statue to Chief Massasoit. Across the street to the south is the 18th Ward Chapel (AKA White chapel) and Council Hall. White Chapel is a Gothic Revival church originally located on Second Avenue and dismantled and reconstructed on Capitol Hill in 1980. Council Hall was completed in 1866 and designed in the Federal Greek Revival style by William Folsom. Originally located downtown (120 East 100 South), the building was dismantled and reconstructed at its present location in 1960. The hall was the meeting place for the territorial legislature for 30 years, served as police headquarters, Board of Health, and is now the Utah Travel Council. Accross the street are Council Hall (former City Hall, now Travel Council) and 18th Ward (White) Chapel. Capitol Hours Monday - Friday 8am - 8pm Saturday and Sunday 8am - 5pm Tours 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Monday through Friday - verify with official web site Capitol Preservation Board 120 State Capitol, 350 N. State Street, SLC, UT 84114 PO Box 142110, Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-2110 801-538-3074 |
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