State Capitol Group - South Office building

Brunner, Arnold W.

Building a Nation - Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection

A previously unknown collection of over 25,000 black and white architectural photographs were discovered in a dilapidated house owned by the Indiana Limestone Company in Bedford, Indiana. These images of residences, churches, universities, museums, businesses, and public and municipal buildings, many of which were designed by prominent architects, document the use of Indiana limestone throughout the United States from the late 1800s to mid-1900s. Remarkably holistic in scope, these photographs and their accompanying metadata can be studied across major disciplines such as American history, architectural history, history of technology, urban studies, history of photography, historic preservation, labor history, and the history of geology. The Indiana Geological Survey, the custodian of the Indiana Limestone Photograph Collection, in partnership with the Indiana University Libraries has been cataloging, digitizing, archiving, and publishing online a growing subset of the photographs thanks to funding provided by Indiana University’s Office of the Vice Provost for Research and an LSTA grant awarded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Indiana State Library.

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Description

Speaker K. Leroy Irvis (South) Office Building Columns for the South Office Building of the Pennsylvania State Capitol Group were turned and finished in one of the biggest lathes in existence, at Doyle Quarry near Bedford IN (from Stone Magazine ad - November 1921).

Location

Street Address: Commonwealth Ave
Coordinates: 40.263958, -76.881970
Quarry: Doyle

ILCO ID

PA4200_3

Caption

Cut Stone Contractor: Hoosier Cut Stone Co.
Photographer/Studio: Roshon, J. W. (Harrisburg)
Caption: 4'9 1/2" bottom fillet. 36 columns 33'5" high.

City

Harrisburg

Filename

VAC5094-04007

Subject

Government facilities
Office buildings

State

Title

State Capitol Group - South Office building

Architect

Brunner, Arnold W.

Physical Description

Kind of Stone: Select Gray

Persistent URL

http://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/images/VAC5094/VAC5094-04007

Source Metadata Identifier

VAC5094-04007

Holding Location

Bloomington - Indiana Geological and Water Survey
Geology Building
1001 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, IN 47405
Contact at igsacm@iu.edu, 812-855-7636

Campus

IU Bloomington

Building Date

1923

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