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Vermont State House
115 State StreetMontpelier Washington County Vermont 05633
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The Vermont State House is the capitol and seat of Vermont General Assembly. The current Greek Revival structure is the third building on the same site to serve as the State House. It was designed in 1857 and opened in 1859.
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Landmark Trivia
- Originally the dome and roofs were painted a dark terracotta red to suggest Tuscan tile. The dome was not gilded until the early 20th century, when many states did so as a part of the Colonial Revival movement.
- The dome is topped by a statue titled Agriculture though more commonly referred to as Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture. The current statue is a replacement, and something of a piece of folk art, based on the original. It was carved in 1938 by then 87-year old Dwight Dwinell, Sergeant-at-Arms (in Vermont this official position is similar in nature to the White House Chief Usher).
- The two chambers of the Vermont General Assembly are on the second floor. While both chambers have overhead visitors' galleries accessible on a third floor mezzanine, visitors are welcome to quietly enter and sit in the main floor of the chambers.
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Categories
- Capitol Buildings
- Government
- Man-Made
- National Historic Landmarks
- National Register of Historical Places
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