French architect Major Pierre-Charles L’Enfant, hired by President Washington to plan the federal city, selected Capitol Hill—a plateau, actually—as "a pedestal ...

The United State Capitol dome is situated above the United States Capitol building in Washington, D.C. The Capitol dome was designed by Thomas Ustick Walter (1804-1887), the fourth Architect of the ...

The United States Capitol, much like this city's other architectural glory, the National Cathedral, is as much a work in progress as a finished product. Completed nearly a century and a half ago ...