The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is the home of the Tennessee legislature, the location of the governor's office, and a National Historic Landmark.
The State Capitol was designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, who modeled it after a Greek Ionic temple. The Greek Revival building was constructed over a period of 14 years from 1845 to 1859.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has listed the building a...
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The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is the home of the Tennessee legislature, the location of the governor's office, and a National Historic Landmark.
The State Capitol was designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, who modeled it after a Greek Ionic temple. The Greek Revival building was constructed over a period of 14 years from 1845 to 1859.
The American Society of Civil Engineers has listed the building as a civil engineering landmark in recognition of its innovative construction, which made unusually extensive use of stone and was an early example of the use of structural iron. Both the interior and exterior are built with limestone from a quarry about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the site. Some interior columns were built from single pieces of stone, requiring massive wooden derricks to hoist them into place. Wrought iron, instead of wood, was used for the roof trusses to reduce the building's vulnerability to fire.
Strickland died five years before...
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