Photo of the Week: Massachusetts Capitol (inside)

Posted by Adrienne on May 15, 2013 under Photos | No Comments

The House Chamber in the Massachusetts Capitol is very handsome:

From Boston, Massachusetts

It is a very grand and imposing space, perfect for crafting laws in. And then you turn around and see the Sacred Cod

Photo of the Week: Rhode Island Capitol

Posted by Adrienne on May 8, 2013 under Photos | No Comments

Rhode Island may be the smallest state, but it certainly has a nice-looking capitol building:

From New England

We didn’t spend a whole lot of time looking at the building from the outside, though, because it was a windy and rainy day – very odd weather for late August!

Photo(s) of the Week: Delaware Capitol(s)

Posted by Adrienne on May 1, 2013 under Photos | No Comments

Delaware’s state capitol in Dover has two buildings. The original state house:

From Annapolis and Dover

and the current one:

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Photo of the Week: Maryland Capitol

Posted by Adrienne on April 24, 2013 under Photos | No Comments

We’ve previously featured the inside of the State House in Annapolis Maryland, but the outside is pretty neat too:

From Annapolis and Dover

If it looks familiar to you, it might be because the tower is featured on the Maryland state quarter.

Photo of the Week: South Carolina Capitol (inside)

Posted by Adrienne on April 17, 2013 under Photos | No Comments

As we drove from Atlanta to Charleston, we stopped off in Columbia to see South Carolina’s capitol. We found this lovely stained glass window inside the building:

From Atlanta and Columbia

The Latin motto on the window is Animis opibusque parati , which means “Prepared in Mind and Resources.”