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Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)

Creator Display
  • Francis Keally (architect, 1889-1978)
  • Ulric Ellerhusen (artist, 1879-1957)
  • Trowbridge & Livingston (architecture firm)
Creator
Date
  • 1938
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1988)
View
  • exterior: view from northwest
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
Identifier
  • pna_03955
Item Locator
  • 726 AmO Sa32p C172 3; 75136
Source
  • Gift of Wallace K. Huntington from the estate of Marion Dean Ross. Photo by Marion Dean Ross, February 24, 1966
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
  • 04/27/2015
Modified
  • 07/22/2022
Collections

APA

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MLA

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Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-24. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67kv60f

Wiki

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

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