From Camping to Glamping: Pennsylvania State Capitol

September 28, 2016
Pennsylvania State Capitol
Harrisburg, PA

Another rainy day in Harrisburg

The statues on either side of the entrance were sculpted by George Grey Barnard and named
"Love and Labor: The Unbroken Law"

"The Burden of Life: The Broken Law"

The Carrara Mable Staircase, inspired by the Paris Opera House.

The Capitol Dome is modeled after St. Peter's in Rome. It is 272 feet from the ground and weighs 52 million pounds. The four circular medallions represent Art, Law, Religion and Science. The four semicircular paintings represent the areas major industries at the time of construction. Oil, Coal, and Steel, and William Penn's ships arriving in the New World.

The Four Medallions Up Close

ART

LAW

RELIGION

SCIENCE

The Industries

William Penn's Ships

Coal

Oil

Steel

The lettering of the Quotation that continues around the dome is actually glass mosaic tiles.

From the website: http://cpc.state.pa.us/history/history-faq

The quotation is not one single quote but several combined quotations from Pennsylvania's colonial founder William Penn. The quotations are as follows:

"There may be room there for such a holy experiment."
"For the nations want a precedent."
"And my God will make it the seed of a nation."
"That an example may be set up to the nations."
"That we may do the thing that is truly wise and just."

Civil War Battle Flags

The Checkered Glass Globes produce the X and increase the light emitted.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court

The Dome was designed by Alfred Godwin, a Pennsylvania native

Divine Law, Painted by Violet Oakley....Look closely to find the words, "Love", "Law", and "Wisdom".

One of about 150 "Keystone Clocks"

Note the the glass is in the shape of a Keystone. One person is in charge of winding the clocks.

Had to Look this up.
The word prothonotary is recorded in English since 1447, as "principal clerk of a court," from L.L. prothonotarius (c. 400), from Greek protonotarios "first scribe," originally the chief of the college of recorders of the court of the Byzantine Empire, from Greek πρῶτος protos "first" + Latin notarius ("notary"); the - ..