The Indiana Capitol was huge and housed all 3 branches of government.
The main building material used is Indiana limestone - which we've heard about in so many other capitols, but here, they can say they are using hometown materials.
They had to have a bust of Lincoln as he spent his "growing up years" here (age 7-21).
The governor's office was beautiful but didn't allow pictures. There was a huge 800-pound conference table made by prisoners of a variety of hardwoods from furniture that was going to be thrown out. They used different colors of wood inlaid to create the state divided into counties in the tabletop.
The stained-glass dome appears more arched as you move to the upper levels
This phone booth comes in handy to make calls on your cell phone in an otherwise echoing hall.
Six of our country's vice-presidents have been Hoosiers, including our current VP, Mike Pence (the former governor).
They were proud that their building was constructed on time and under budget.
All the walls and ceilings are hand painted and were recently refurbished by art students over a 2-year period.
This chandelier has 100 lights to match the 100 desks for the 100 representatives.
Interesting mural. Note the money burning at the bottom left - it represents tax money the state collects. It's "being used for good things for all the people." That was funny to me because it just appears to be burning. ???
The senate has half the number of desks for its 50 senators. The lieutenant governor presides over the senate.
Even the carpet has 19 stars for the 19th state.
The Supreme Court was being worked on so I got a photo of the court of appeals instead. ): The Supreme Court has 5 justices and will reconvene this Thursday.
Now, could we go to Indianapolis without seeing the Speedway? Nope. Next stop...
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