Our Minnesota State Capitol: From Groundbreaking Through Restoration

by Denis P Gardner

The Minnesota State Capitol is both an architectural masterpiece and a revered public building. This beautiful Renaissance Revival structure is the heart of the state's civic life, a place for celebrations, demonstrations, arguments, and accomplishments. It's where history happens.

Completed in 1905, the capitol is a grand building on a grand scale, and it reflected Minnesota's growing cosmopolitanism. Noted architect Cass Gilbert won the design...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681340410
• ISBN13: 9781681340418
• Release Date: August 2017
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"