The Arizona State Capitol

The Arizona State Capitol building in Phoenix, Arizona formerly housed the Territorial and State Legislatures, as well as various executive offices. These have relocated to adjacent buildings, and the Capitol is maintained as a museum. Phoenix (Oodham: Skikik) was incorporated as a city on February 5, 1881. ...

History

The building was created as part of an effort to demonstrate that the Arizona Territory was ready for statehood. A design contest was won by James Reilly Gordon, and ground was broken in 1898. The building opened in 1900, and was home to the Legislature until 1960, and the Governor's Office until 1974. After a restoration, the building became a museum. 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1900 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...

Architecture

The building is made largely from materials indigenous to Arizona, inlucding malapai, granite, and the copper dome. The design is optimized for the desert climate of Arizona, with thick masonry walls to insulate the interior, skylights, and round "bullseye" clerestory windows to let heat out of the legislative chambers. The building is topped with a windvane similar to the Winged Victory of Samothrace, visibile through a skylight from within the rotunda. Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... General Name, Symbol, Number copper, Cu, 29 Chemical series transition metals Group, Period, Block 11, 4, d Appearance copper, metallic Atomic mass 63. ... Clerestory or (clear storey), in architecture, denotes an upper storey of a Roman basilica or of the nave of a Romanesque or Gothic church, the walls of which rise above the rooflines of the lower aisles and are pierced with windows. ... The Winged Victory of Samothrace The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called Nike of Samothrace, is a marble sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory), discovered in 1863 on the island of Samothrace (Greek: Σαμοθρακη, Samothraki) by the French consul and amateur archaeologist Charles Champoiseau. ... In Mosta, Malta, the Rotunda of Santa Marija Assunta is covered by a saucer dome. ...

External links

• Arizona State Capitol Museum