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| General Description | The Vermont State House, located in Montpelier, is the state capitol of Vermont, United States and the seat of the Vermont General Assembly. The current Greek Revival structure is the third building on the same site to be used as the State House. Designed by Thomas Silloway in 1857–1858, it was occupied in 1859. A careful restoration of the Vermont State House began in the early 1980s led by curator David Schütz and the Friends of the Vermont State House, a citizens' advisory committee. The general style of the building is Neoclassical and Greek Revival and is furnished in American Empire, Renaissance Revival, and Rococo Revival styles. Some rooms have been restored to represent latter-19th-century styles including the "Aesthetic Movement" style. The Vermont State House is located on State Street on the western edge of downtown Montpelier, a block north of the Winooski River. Set against a wooded hillside (which was open pasture land earlier during much of its history), the building and its distinctive gold leaf dome are easily visible while approaching Montpelier, the smallest city to serve as capital of a U.S. state. |
| Front Description | The Governor's desk and chair in the Executive Chamber. The chair is dubbed the ''Constitution Chair'' and was carved from actual timbers taken from the U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironside), the venerable warship anchored in Boston harbor. The chair Vermont's state seal on the crest rail, and has served as the Governor's official chair since its presentation in 1858. |
| Height | 148.00 mm |
| Width | 106.00 mm |
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