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21030 United States Capitol Building Washington, D.C., USA The United States Capitol Building The United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. is a symbol of tourist attraction visited by millions every year. The building American democracy and the meeting place of the nation’s has been at the heart of the country’s history since it was government. As well as housing an important collection of first completed in 1800. American art and being an architectural achievement in its own right, the Capitol is still a working office building and a [ We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution ] Rufus Choate, Congressman Orator 2 3 History On September 18, 1793, President George Washington laid After being partially burned down by the British in 1814, the the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol Building at the southeast U.S. Capitol Building was rebuilt and the first dome at the corner of its foundation. The ceremony was carried out center of the building was added in 1818. By the 1850s it was with great pomp and celebration as it marked the building clear that the building could no longer accommodate the of the young nation’s most symbolically important and growing number of states joining the union and the Capitol architecturally impressive building. was expanded to become the building we recognize today.