print email comment close Temple of Liberty: Building the Capitol for a New Nation URL: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/us.capitol/s0.html Description: This online exhibit describes the planning and building of the Capitol in Washington, D.C. Features images (lithographs and engravings) from the original design competition, as well as early drawings of the completed structure and the building's subsequent extension at the end of the Civil War. From the Library of Congress. Publisher: Library of Congress Library of Congress Subject Headings: Washington (D.C.) LII Database Information: Record 16686 created by Dana Lubow on 11/29/1999 Last modification on 08/31/2004 Published: 11/29/1999   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/16686