A Hand-Book of Washington

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Tlu' |)(i|)ulali(iii ot tlu' city aiul District of Columhi i in 1890 was two huiulrcd and thirty thousand li\c hundred.
THE CAPITOL.
Xowhcri' in the world can the counterpart of the tjrand Corinthian monumental builchnm, the Capitol, be found.
It is conceded to be the largest and handsomest (iovern- ment buildinj^ e.\tant. The eminence, whose crest it surmounts, is many teet hiLjher than the surroundini^ ground, and thus the immense I pro|)ortions iA' the structure rise in majestic _s4randeur a
...bo\e the city. The edifice, constructed o( white marble, is seven hun- dred and fifty-one feet long by three hundred and twenty-four teet broad, and the ground- plan co\ers three and one- half acres. The dome, whose apex is crowned by the bronze figure of the (iod- dess of Liberty, rises three hundred and ninetv-se\en the Potomac, and those who be rewarded with not only a splendid bird's-eye \iew of the citw l)ut a magnificent pros- pect o\(r the hills and \alleys of X'irginia and Maryland.
The m.iin di\isions of the luiilding are the Rotunda, a Ncritable art gallery, the .Senate chamber, and the hall of the House ol Representati\es, with the lesser chamber of the Supreme Court, the Whispering C.allery, or .Statuary feet abo\c low tide in climb to the summit wi i8 Hall, the President's Room, the Marble Room, and van ous apartments de\oted to l)usiness purposes.


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