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E PLURIBUS UNUM —
OUT OF MANY, ONE

HISTORY OF CONGRESS
AND THE CAPITOL

Competition of 1850-1851

Proposed Design for the Capitol Extension, by Robert Mills, ca. 1851.

Proposed Design for the Capitol Extension, by Robert Mills, ca. 1851.

 

Proposed Design for the Capitol Extension,” by Robert Mills, ca. 1851

A new dome was part of the suggested improvements to the Capitol.

Architect of the Capitol

 
History of Congress and the Capitol