The New York State Capitol is the historic building of the government of New York , USA , which houses the governor's office and hosts legislative meetings. Located in the city of Albany - the state capital. The construction of the building was completed in 1899 and cost $ 25 million (about 500 million at current prices), becoming the most expensive government building at that time. In 1979, the capitol received the status of a national historical monument [1] .
| Sight | |
| New York State Capitol | |
|---|---|
| English New york state capitol | |
 New York State Capitol Southwest | |
| A country |  USA |
| City | Albany |
| Architectural style | neo-roman style , neo-renaissance |
| Architect | Thomas Fuller , Leopold Eidlitz , Henry Richardson , Isaac Perry |
| Building | 1867 - 1899 |
| Height | 67 m |
Description
The current capitol building is already the fourth in a row, the first was a small house near Kingston [2] . From August 22 to 25, 1777, the office of the first state governor George Clinton was located here [3] . The second building was built after the end of the war of independence .
The modern capitol was erected in the period from 1867 to 1899. For 32 years of construction, three teams of architects managed to work on the building. From 1867 to 1875, construction was led by Thomas Fuller (author of the Canadian Parliament Buildings in Ottawa ), from 1875 to 1883 - Leopold Eidlitz and Henry Hobson Richardson , and from 1883 to 1899 - Isaac Perry [4] [5] .
The first floor of the capitol is built by Fuller in the Romanesque style . Then Vice-Governor William Dorsheimer replaced Fuller with architects Eidlitz and Richardson, who built two floors in the classic Renaissance style . The need to increase construction costs has caused a lot of controversy and conflict in parliament. As a result, after being elected Governor of Grover Cleveland and reviewing the increase in funding, the Eidlitz and Richardson team was suspended. The project was to be completed by Isaac Perry, who completed the fourth floor and a Victorian-style roof [6] .
The domes and towers planned in the project were never completed, due to the exhaustion of the margin of safety of the building structure, on which cracks already appeared. Moreover, the whole structure began to shift towards State Street and to stop this movement, a massive staircase (51 m in length) was added on the east side, supporting the facade. The outer walls of the capitol are made of white granite quarried in Hallwell , Maine , as well as marble quarried by prisoners at Sing Sing Prison . The height of the building was 67 m. Through underground tunnels it is connected to the complex of administrative buildings of the Empire State Plaza and the Alfred Smith Building [7] .
Initially, the capitol building had two large frescoes by Boston artist William Morris Hunt . The first work was called The Flight of Night , the second was The Discoverer , both about 45 meters in length. However, they were closed when the vaulted ceiling was unstable and had to be lowered below the frescoes. A little earlier, these works suffered from moisture and began to delaminate. Due to funding problems, further wall painting was canceled [8] .
Notes
- ↑ New York State Capitol . National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL). Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
- ↑ Kingston, NY . A Site on a Revolutionary War Road Trip on US Route 9W. Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
- ↑ Chester H. Liebs. National Register of Historic Places Registration: Van Schaick House . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (July 1970). Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
- ↑ New York State Capitol . WGBH Educational Foundation. Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
- ↑ History . Tour of the Capitol . New York State Assembly. Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
- ↑ New York State Capitol . NEArchitecture.com. Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
- ↑ State Capitol in Albany, NY at Night Time Vintage Postcard . Vintage American. Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
- ↑ Hunting ghosts and history at the New York State Capitol . timesunion.com. Date of treatment May 29, 2012. Archived September 23, 2012.
Links
- Wikimedia Commons has New York State Capitol media files