Subjects – Architecture
The resolution to bury President George Washington at the U.S. Capitol
December 23, 1799
Following the death of President George Washington, the House and Senate resolved that “the family of General Washington be requested to permit his body to be deposited under” a marble monument erected “by the United States in the Capitol, at the city of Washington.”
The first time the House met in the North wing of the Capitol
November 17, 1800
On this date, the House assembled for the first time in the North wing of the Capitol.
An 1825 Library of Congress fire
December 22, 1825
On this date, the Library of Congress, then located in a room on the west side of the Capitol, caught on fire.
The first meeting of architect Montgomery Meigs and artist Constantino Brumidi
December 28, 1854
On this date, artist Constantino Brumidi met Captain Montgomery C. Meigs, engineer in charge of the construction and decoration of the Capitol extension.
The Statue of Freedom
July 12, 1855
On this date, Architect of the Capitol Montgomery C. Meigs received the conceptual drawings from Thomas Crawford, an American neoclassical artist, for the Statue of Freedom.
Centennial celebrations of the laying of the Capitol cornerstone in 1793
September 18, 1893
On this date, the federal government celebrated the centennial of the laying of the Capitol cornerstone by President George Washington in 1793.
The unveiling of the Capitol model
March 31, 1904
On this date, a model of the Capitol, designed to show the building with the East Front extension originally envisioned by architect Thomas U. Walter, was unveiled in the Rotunda.
The 1930 fire near the dome of the Capitol
January 03, 1930
At 7 pm on this date, two Capitol Police officers discovered a fire in the art restoration and modeling room in the Capitol.
The House vote to acquire the Ford Building
February 20, 1975
On this date, by a vote of 273 to 134, the House passed a supplemental appropriations bill that allocated $17 million for acquiring and renovating the present-day Ford House Office Building on 2nd and D Streets, SW, Washington, D.C.