Massachusetts State Senate

May 15, 2008

Senate Chamber, Massachusetts State House, Beacon Hill, Boston

This was taken in the Senate Chamber of the State House. This is part of Charles Bulfinch's original building, completed around 1795. The Blue "stonework" is actually wood made to look like the masonry quoining pattern popular in Federal architecture during the years of our country's infancy. The State House's "golden dome" is directly above this room, although the current state house's magnificent interior dome space is in a different part of the building and is part of a later addition.