The Connecticut State House

The Connecticut State House is located in the capital of Hartford, Connecticut and houses the State Senate and House of Representatives. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly. ... The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly of the U.S. state of Connecticut. ...

History

The building was started in 1872 to replace the Old State House, designed in 1792 by Charles Bulfinch, who also designed the Massachusetts State House. 1872 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The Massachusetts State House, designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798. ... Categories: Buildings and structures stubs | Government of Massachusetts | Freedom Trail | U.S. state capitols ...

Architecture

The building is a mixture of Gothic and French Renaissance styles. The exterior is East Canaan, Connecticut marble and granite from Westerly, Rhode Island. The 267 foot (81.4 m) tower is topped by a gold leaf dome. Marble This page is about the metamorphic rock. ... Westerly, founded in 1669 by John Babcock, is a beachfront community on the south shore of Washington County, Rhode Island. ... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... The metre is the basic unit of length in the International System of Units (SI: Système International dUnités). ...

External links

• Connectict State Capitol Tours