Cass Gilbert's West Virginia State Capitol

by David G. Wilkins and Ann Wilkins

At the turn of the twentieth century, West Virginia was in the throes of its formative years as a state. After more than two decades of alternating its government seat between Wheeling and Charleston and the destruction of the Gothic Revival Capitol in Charleston by fire in 1921, a building commission was formed to create a permanent Capitol that would display the young state?s pride, wealth, and sophistication to the entire nation. To achieve these...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938228464
• ISBN13: 9781938228469
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: West Virginia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 3.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 9.5" x 10.3"