Modern Federal · City halls

Carl Milles's "Vision of Peace" sculpture dominates the first-floor lobby of a 21-story downtown building, completed in 1931, that serves as City Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as the Ramsey County Courthouse. It is (as of 2019) the largest carved onyx figure in the world. The 60-ton, 36-foot-high statue depicts Native Americans smoking pipes of peace. The towering figure also holds a peace pipe and signals a gesture of goodwill

Minnesota · 1850–1939

Carl Milles's "Vision of Peace" sculpture dominates the first-floor lobby of a 21-story downtown building, completed in 1931, that serves as City Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as the Ramsey County Courthouse. It is (as of 2019) the largest carved onyx figure in the world. The 60-ton, 36-foot-high statue depicts Native Americans smoking pipes of peace. The towering figure also holds a peace pipe and signals a gesture of goodwill, Minnesota, 1850–1939
Carl Milles's "Vision of Peace" sculpture dominates the first-floor lobby of a 21-story downtown building, completed in 1931, that serves as City Hall in St. Paul, Minnesota, as well as the Ramsey County Courthouse. It is (as of 2019) the largest carved onyx figure in the world. The 60-ton, 36-foot-high statue depicts Native Americans smoking pipes of peace. The towering figure also holds a peace pipe and signals a gesture of goodwill, Minnesota, 1850–1939. City halls — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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