Building Oregon
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- Creator Display
- Francis Keally (architect, 1889-1978)
- Trowbridge & Livingston (architecture firm)
- Ulric Ellerhusen (artist, 1879-1957)
- Creator
- Photographer
- Date
- 1938
- Description
- National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1988)
- View
- exterior
- View Date
- 1966-02-24
- Temporal
- 1930-1939
- MODS Note
- 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.
- Subject
- Work Type
- Location
- Rights Holder
- University of Oregon
- Identifier
- pna_09757
- Item Locator
- mdr05038
- Source
- Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
- Provenance
- Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
- Citation
- Oregon State Capitol Information, http://www.leg.state.or.us/capinfo/
- Is Part Of
- Capitol Mall (Salem, Oregon)
- Institution
- Conversion
- This image is derived from a master TIFF (3000 x 5000 pixel, 16 bit) created by scanning a 35m slide which remains as the archival artifact. Digital editing may have included cropping, color correction, and removal of dust, scratch, or other artifacts reproduced in the scanning process.
- Submission Date
- 04/20/2015
- Modified
- 08/11/2022
- Collections
- Building Oregon (open)
APA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2024). Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67gt432
MLA
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67gt432
Chicago
Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67gt432
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