Thrilling story of the wonderful Capitol Building and its marvelous decorations (1912)
Fry, Smith D. (Smith Dunbar), 1851-1929 · [Washington, D.C.?] : S.D. Fry · leaf 37
the other a Democraticshave. Here we are in the longest corridor in any publicbuilding in the world. From the north door to thesouth door is a distance of 751 feet. Here we canwell afford to wait a few minutes until all of the peo-ple pass out of sight, and there you see that won-derful vista, the… … 37 Here in the center of the Capitol, is a marble star,with all of the points of the compass. Beneath thisstar is the catafalque, where the tomb of Washing-ton should be, and that of Martha, his wife. It wasthe purpose of George Washington and it was thewritten will of Martha Washington that they…
United States Capitol (Washington, D.C.) · Art
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