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Colorado State Capitol

Index Colorado State Capitol

The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, United States, is the home of the Colorado General Assembly and the offices of the Governor of Colorado and Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. [1]

39 relations: Beulah Valley, Colorado, Bison, Civic Center, Denver, Colorado, Colorado General Assembly, Colorado House of Representatives, Colorado Senate, Colorado State University, Colorado Supreme Court, Denver, Dome, Elijah E. Myers, Emily Griffith Technical College, Fentress Architects, Fremont County, Colorado, George Washington, Gold leaf, Governor of Colorado, History of Colorado, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Hickenlooper, John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn, List of Lieutenant Governors of Colorado, Marble, Marble, Colorado, Margaret Brown, National Historic Landmark, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Neoclassical architecture, Pike's Peak Gold Rush, President of the United States, Preston Powers, Rocky Mountains, Stained glass, United States, United States Capitol, World's Columbian Exposition, Yule Marble.

Beulah Valley, Colorado

For unincorporated town see Beulah, Colorado Beulah Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pueblo County, Colorado, United States.

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Bison

Bison are large, even-toed ungulates in the genus Bison within the subfamily Bovinae.

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Civic Center, Denver

Civic Center is a neighborhood in Denver, Colorado.

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Colorado

Colorado is a state of the United States encompassing most of the southern Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains.

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Colorado General Assembly

The Colorado General Assembly is the state legislature of the State of Colorado.

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Colorado House of Representatives

The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Colorado Senate

The Colorado Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Colorado.

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Colorado State University

Colorado State University (also referred to as Colorado State, State, and CSU) is a public research university located in Fort Collins, in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Colorado Supreme Court

The Colorado Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Denver

Denver, officially the City and County of Denver, is the capital and most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Dome

Interior view upward to the Byzantine domes and semi-domes of Hagia Sophia. See Commons file for annotations. A dome (from Latin: domus) is an architectural element that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.

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Elijah E. Myers

Elijah E. Myers (December 22, 1832 – March 5, 1909) was a leading architect of government buildings in the latter half of the 19th century, and the only architect to design the capitol buildings of three U.S. states, the Michigan State Capitol, the Texas State Capitol, and the Colorado State Capitol.

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Emily Griffith Technical College

Emily Griffith Technical College is a public technical college in downtown Denver, Colorado, United States.

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Fentress Architects

Fentress Architects is an international design firm known for iconic large-scale public architecture such as airports, museums, university buildings, convention centers, laboratories, and high-rise office towers. Some of the buildings for which the firm is best known include Denver International Airport (1995), the modernized Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX (2013), the National Museum of the Marine Corps near Quantico, Virginia (2005), and the in Raleigh, North Carolina (2012). Founded in 1980 by Curtis W. Fentress, FAIA, RIBA, the firm's designs, especially its airports, are often compared to the expressionist architecture of Eero Saarinen. However, architectural curator has noted that within Fentress' designs is a "stiff dose of regionalism." Fentress Architects has studios in Denver, Colorado, Los Angeles; San Jose, California; Washington DC; London; and Shanghai. Curtis Fentress was honored in 2010 by the American Institute of Architects with the highest award for public architecture, the Thomas Jefferson Award. Fentress was also honored with the Silver Medal in 2010, which is the highest award given to an architect from the AIA Western Mountain Region for the contributions made to the region. In 2012, Fentress was awarded AIA Colorado's Architect of the Year. Fentress Architects is the designer of the world’s 4th tallest building completed in 2009, the Arraya Tower in Kuwait City. The tower is also the tallest in Kuwait and the 53rd tallest in the world.

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Fremont County, Colorado

Fremont County is one of the 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732 –, 1799), known as the "Father of His Country," was an American soldier and statesman who served from 1789 to 1797 as the first President of the United States.

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Gold leaf

Gold leaf is gold that has been hammered into thin sheets by goldbeating and is often used for gilding.

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Governor of Colorado

The Governor of Colorado is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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History of Colorado

The human history of Colorado extends back more than 14,000 years.

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John Greenleaf Whittier

John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States.

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John Hickenlooper

John Wright Hickenlooper Jr. (born February 7, 1952) is an American politician, businessman and the 42nd and current Governor of Colorado, in office since 2011.

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John Whitfield Bunn and Jacob Bunn

John Whitfield Bunn (June 21, 1831 – June 7, 1920)Illinois State Historical Society, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol.

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List of Lieutenant Governors of Colorado

The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state government, below only the Governor of Colorado.

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Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.

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Marble, Colorado

The Town of Marble is a Statutory Town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.

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Margaret Brown

Margaret "Maggie" Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture is an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century.

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Pike's Peak Gold Rush

The Pike's Peak Gold Rush (later known as the Colorado Gold Rush) was the boom in gold prospecting and mining in the Pike's Peak Country of western Kansas Territory and southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States that began in July 1858 and lasted until roughly the creation of the Colorado Territory on February 28, 1861.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Preston Powers

Preston Powers (1843 – 1931) American sculptor, painter, and teacher, born in Florence, Italy.

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Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range in western North America.

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Stained glass

The term stained glass can refer to coloured glass as a material or to works created from it.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Capitol

The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol Building, is the home of the United States Congress, and the seat of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government.

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World's Columbian Exposition

The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair and Chicago Columbian Exposition) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492.

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Yule Marble

Yule Marble is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the Yule Creek Valley, in the West Elk Mountains of Colorado, southeast of the town of Marble, Colorado.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_State_Capitol

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