The Capitol Of The United States

This artistic rendition, in The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857, predicts what the Capital Building in Washington, D.C. would look like once the new wings and dome were completed.

AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN THE NEW WINGS AND DOME—NOW RAPIDLY BEING ERECTED—ARE COMPLETED.

About this Document

  • Source: The Book of the Great Railway Celebrations of 1857
  • Source: Embracing a Full Account of the Opening of the Ohio & Mississippi , and the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroads , and the Northwestern Virginia Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad with Histories and Descriptions of the Same; and an Account of the Subsequent Excursion to Baltimore , Washington and Norfolk , and the Receptions and Entertainments There of the State Authorities of Ohio , and the Municipal Representatives of St. Louis , Cincinnati and Chillicothe .
  • Author: Wm. Prescott Smith
  • Publisher: D. Appleton & Co.
  • Published: New York
  • Citation: unnumbered
  • Date: 1858