The Indiana State House, Indianapolis, Indiana

State Capitols, or State Houses have been the highlight of our easterly tour.   The Indiana State House has a metal detector at the Visitor's Entrance.  I make it beep and was wanded..... My belt buckle set the machine off.  After showing my socks past the ankles, I was allowed to proceed.

We arrived at 12:30 pm and waited for Nicholas to return from lunch for a 1 pm tour.  

It was worth the wait. 

The Capitol is Grecian Doric with the exception of the

Italian Renaissance Dome.

The Rotunda

Interior Gallery with skylight

The interior is Modern

Renaissance

Phone Booth with a phone
and it's handicap accessible

The Senate Chamber

The podium is in the corner

of the room. 

The Senate was made

smaller to accomodate

offices for the senators.

Office just outside the
Senate Chamber

The General Assembly Chamber

was also made smaller to

accommodate offices for

Assembly Members.

The mural was pained in

the 1960s.

Stairway, ceiling
and marble work

Indiana has the only

State Capitol that continues

to house the State

Supreme Court.

The "eyes" in the stain

glass windows represent the 

owl and the wisdom this bird

symbolizes.

The Supreme Court is the room

least changed since the

 Capitol was completed

in 1887.

It is the most ornate
room in the Capitol.

The Law Library

A meeting was in
progress.

This is all I could see

from the doorway.

 

We thanked Nicholas for
the tour.  Off to explore
downtown Indianapolis.