Emancipation Hall in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Bulfinch Takes Charge

The Rotunda, by Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1832.

The Rotunda, by Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1832.

 

The Rotunda, by Alexander Jackson Davis, ca. 1832

The Capitol’s great circular vestibule was intended to be a reduced-scale reproduction of Rome’s ancient Pantheon.

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University in the City of New York

 
History of Congress and the Capitol