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Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)


Creator Display
  • Trowbridge & Livingston (architecture firm)
  • Ulric Ellerhusen (artist, 1879-1957)
  • Francis Keally (architect, 1889-1978)
Creator
Date
  • 1938
Description
  • National Register of Historic Places (Listed, 1988)
View
  • aerial view: view in September 1990
View Date
  • 1990
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_03958
Item Locator
  • 726 AmO Sa32p C172 6; 95-07603
Source
  • Landslides
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
  • 08/04/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (20 Apr 2024). Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67kv71z

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 20 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67kv71z

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Oregon State Capitol (Salem, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-20. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df67kv71z

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 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
4 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
5 views (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015424
6 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
9 public buildings (governmental buildings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300008059
10 No label found http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/workType/capitols
11 legislative buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300006014
12 aerial views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300015527
13 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Salem >> Marion/Polk Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5750162/
16 Marion County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5739051/
17 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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