Utah Capitol and Oquirrh Mountains Winter Sunset
by Gary Whitton
Title
Utah Capitol and Oquirrh Mountains Winter Sunset
Artist
Gary Whitton
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
The sun sets over the Salt Lake Valley and the snowy Oquirrh Mountains. The lights of the Utah Capitol building, Salt Lake City, and surrounding communities can be seen in the distance. Winter has come to northern Utah.
The Utah State Capitol Building was constructed over 4 yeras, between 1912-1916. designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, it uses the Neoclassical revival, Corinthian architectural style.
The building houses two of three branches of state government. The Utah House and Senate, and the executive branch. The building houses the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the state auditor.
Statues on the grounds of the capitol include those for Daniel C. Jackling, Edward Harriman, Thomas L. Kane, Martha Hughes Cannon, Marriner S. Eccles, and one to Chief Massasoit as a tribute to the Wampanogas chief who greeted the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.
Utah's first capitol building, known today as the Utah Territorial Statehouse, is located in Fillmore.
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
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December 11th, 2013
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