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| Object Name | Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)
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| View | exterior: view of north façade. Sculpture at top, The Pioneer, by Ulric H. Ellerhusen; gilded bronze, 58' high |
| Related Work (Part Of) | Capitol Mall (Salem, Oregon)
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| Creator/Role | Trowbridge & Livingston (architecture firm)
Francis Keally (architect, 1889-1978)
Ulric Ellerhusen (artist, 1879-1957)
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| Creator | Trowbridge & Livingston
Keally, Francis
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| Date | 1938
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| City | Salem
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| County | Marion
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| State/Province | Oregon
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| Country | United States
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| Cataloger | Edward H. Teague |
| Object Type | architecture
built works
views (visual works)
exterior views
public buildings
Capitols
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| Signficance | National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1988) |
| Reference | Oregon State Capitol Information, http://www.leg.state.or.us/capinfo/ |
| Notes | Francis Keally, associated with the firm Trowbridge and Livingston, was the principal designer of this building which was Oregon's third capitol building. The exterior features concrete, metalwork, and four different varieties of Vermont marble. The gilded sculpture, The Pioneer, by Ulric Ellerhusen, rests atop the dome. Supported by a 23 foot marble base, the 8.5 ton statue is made of cast bronze finished with 23 karat gold leaf. |
| Metadata Notes | Description of this work is based initially on documentation supplied by the image provider. It is often the case with gift slides that very little information is provided. Review and updating of descriptive information by the collection cataloger is ongoing. |
| Digital Collection | Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon & the Pacific Northwest
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| Source Collection | Architecture & Allied Arts Library, University of Oregon Libraries, http://library.uoregon.edu/aaa/ |
| Image Source | Photo by W. S. Baldinger |
| Publisher | University of Oregon Libraries |
| File Name | pna_03953.jpg |
