State Capitol
State Capitol
This stunning architectural structure was designed in 1891 and ready for occupancy in December 1900. It’s constructed out of approximately 327,000 cubic feet of white Georgian marble and 15 million bricks! The building boasts the fourth largest of the famous four self-supporting marble domes in the world, in running with the Taj Mahal in India, the Minnesota State Capitol, and St. Peter’s in Rome.
Minimum Time Required: 1-2 hours
More Points of Interest:
- Benefit Street’s Mile of History
- Culinary Archives & Museum
- Federal Hill
- Feinstein IMAX Theatre
- First Unitarian Church
- Governor Henry Lippitt House Museum
- John Brown House Museum
- Providence Athenaeum
- Providence Children’s Museum
- Providence Performing Arts Center
- The Arcade
- Waterplace Park & Riverwalk
