Nebraska State Capitol - September 30, 2011

Travel to Lincoln to see Nebraska's 3rd Capitol Building

The Capitol was built over ten years from 1922-1932

400ft domed tower w/19ft bronze figure of “The Sower”

1st statehouse that didn't follow the nation's capitol's form

Lincoln Memorial statue on the West Plaza of the Capitol

Commissioned on Lincoln's 100th birthday, dedicated 1912

Lincoln is dedicating the cemetery at Gettysburg in 1863

Exterior limestone carvings represent historic events

... in the 3000 year evolution of democracy as a government

St. Mary's Catholic Church across K St. from the Capitol

Rounding the corner of 14th St for a left on H St

Governor's Mansion on H Street just south of the Capitol