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Statue of Thomas Jefferson, South Entrance. The exterior of the Missouri State Capitol is notable for its architectural features: the Baroque dome, loosely modeled after St. Peter’s basilica in Rome, rising 238 feet (73 m) above ground level, topped by sculptor Sherry Fry’s bronze statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture; the eight 48-foot (15 m) columns on the south portico; the ...
The Missouri State Museum is Missouri's showpiece museum. It was founded in 1919 and is located in Jefferson City, Missouri, inside the state capitol on the ground floor of the building. [1] The museum's mission is to explore Missouri's history and resources to discover connections that inspire the present and enrich the future.
Jefferson City: 31: Missouri State Capitol Historic District: Missouri State Capitol Historic District. June 18, 1976 : Bounded roughly by Adams, McCarthy, Mulberry ...
Kentucky State Capitol: Frankfort 700 Capitol Avenue 1905–1910 210 [20] ... Missouri State Capitol: Jefferson City 201 W Capitol Avenue 1911–1917 238 ...
Other notable buildings include the St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church complex (1881-1883), Margaret Upshulte House (c. 1865), Broadway State Office Building (1938), Supreme Court of Missouri (1905-1906), U.S. Post Office and Courthouse (1932-1934), Lohman's Opera House (c. 1885), Missouri State Optical (c. 1840s), First United Methodist Church ...
Missouri State Penitentiary: Jefferson City: Cole: Central: Prison: Museum located on the second floor of the Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau, guided tours of the historic former prison Missouri Town 1855: Lee's Summit: Jackson: Northwest: Living: 30-acre antebellum open-air museum shows 19th-century life Missouri Veterinary Medical ...
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It is located in the Missouri State Capitol Historic District. The current site on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River was the vicinity of the first Jefferson City Missouri State Capitol building from 1825 to 1837 after the capitol was relocated from St. Charles, Missouri to Jefferson City. The capitol burned in 1837 and was rebuilt at its ...