Completed in 1910, Kentucky's
fourth State Capitol is topped
with a 90 foot dome.
Pinwheels for Prevention is a campaign to prevent child abuse and neglect in Kentucky.
Eric & Kentucky's giant
ball of rubber bands.
The Visitor Information
Desk has many brochures
for attractions in
the state.
Eric and I will join a group of fifth and sixth graders touring the Capitol.
The Rotunda has simple,
clean lines.
The apex of the Rotunda is 180 feet above the first floor, where I am standing.
It changes colors....
Lovely.
This statue of Abraham Lincoln.
Kentucky's most famous citizen,
& 16th President stands directly
beneath the Rotunda.
A statue of Kentucky native, Jefferson Davis, stands on the periphery of the rotunda's open space. Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. Lincoln and Davis were opposing leaders during America's Civil War.
One of the Capitol's two
Grand Staircases.
I am falling in love with this building.
We enter the State
This room was modeled after
the Grand Salons of Europe.
Visitors stand between the
Infinity Mirrors & marvel
at the optical illusion
the mirrors create.
meets in the State Capitol.
The hand carved mahogany
& reflective ceiling make
the room resplendent.
Skylights illuminate the
House of Representatives.
The room is simply
elegant.
One hundred Representatives serve for two year terms.
The Representatives' Roll Top
Desks were constructed for
this Capitol.
The desks have been restored and alterations were made to allow for today's technologies. Some desks have commemorative plaques... James E. Bruce served in the House of Representatives for 42 years.
This is the view across the
Capitol on the third floor.
Natural lighting illuminates
the opulent, columned
Kentucky's thirty-eight Senators serve four year terms.
The plaque commemorates
Thelma Stovall's service to
Kentucky as Lieutenant
Governor & Secretary
of State.
John Sherman Cooper
served as US Senator
& US Diplomat.
founder of Kentucky Fried
Chicken, is a revered
Kentuckian.
This quilt, titled Breeze,
is on display to promote
the National Quilt Museum
in Paduchah.
Kentucky's State Capitol rates very highly in my informal assessment of state capitols. The Wisconsin State Capitol, the Iowa State Capitol and the Nebraska State Capitol are are beautiful, and very different from each other.... domed or not.
As a native New Yorker, the New York State Capitol is very special to me... I was a frequent visitor throughout my life AND my grandfather and uncle worked on refurbishing projects in the building in the late 1940s.
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