1800s Archive · Government

The United States Capitol showing the Bulfinch Fence and the beginning of work on the Walter Dome. [First dome column being raised. Washington, D.C.]

Washington (D.C.) · 1856

The United States Capitol showing the Bulfinch Fence and the beginning of work on the Walter Dome. [First dome column being raised. Washington, D.C.], Washington (D.C.), 1856
The United States Capitol showing the Bulfinch Fence and the beginning of work on the Walter Dome. [First dome column being raised. Washington, D.C.], Washington (D.C.), 1856. Government — The 1800s Archive, from the Library of Congress record.

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