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Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Ulric Ellerhusen (artist, 1879-1957)
  • Francis Keally (architect, 1889-1978)
  • Trowbridge & Livingston (architecture firm)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1938
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1988)
View
  • Wings
View Date
  • 1977-07-09
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_09759
Item Locator
  • mdr05041
Source
  • Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross
Provenance
  • Design Library, University of Oregon Libraries
Citation
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
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APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (18 Apr 2024). Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67gt45m

MLA

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Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-18. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67gt45m

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Trowbridge & Livingston http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr94011214
2 Keally, Francis http://vocab.getty.edu/ulan/500249573
3 Ross, Marion Dean http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82202764
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
6 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
7 public buildings (governmental buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008059
8 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
9 capitols (legislative buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300006019
10 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
11 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
12 Marion County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5739051/
13 Salem >> Marion/Polk Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5750162/
14 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
15 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
16 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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