Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Interesting name...........for a room above the ground........


    Crypt | Architect of the Capitol | United States Capitol

    www.aoc.gov/capitol-buildings/crypt
    Architect of the Capitol
    Apr 15, 2015 - The large circular area on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol Building is called the Crypt. The 40 Doric columns of brown stone surmounted by ...

    How the Crypt Got its Name | Architect of the Capitol | United ...

    www.aoc.gov/blog/how-crypt-got-its-name
    Architect of the Capitol
    Mar 4, 2013 - For many of us it suggests somber, stony silence and perhaps dusty ... in the building, its sandstone floor trodden by hundreds every day.

    National Statuary Hall Collection By Location | Architect of ...

    www.aoc.gov/capitol-hill/national.../nsh-location
    Architect of the Capitol
    The National Statuary Hall Collection in the United States Capitol Building is ... 13 in the Crypt, 13 in the Hall of Columns and 24 in the Capitol Visitor Center.


    United States Capitol crypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Capitol_crypt
    Wikipedia
    The United States Capitol crypt, older image taken looking east. ... Thornton, which called for a rotunda to be placed between the two wings of the building.
    You visited this page on 9/18/15.

    Crypt in U.S. Capitol - Abraham Lincoln Online

    www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/washington/crypt.htm
    Capitol building designers intended the Crypt as a memorial over President Washington's tomb, to be seen through an opening in the Rotunda floor. However  .

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