{"product_id":"9781681340418","title":"Our Minnesota State Capitol: From Groundbreaking through Restoration","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Minnesota State Capitol is both an architectural masterpiece and a revered public building. This beautiful Renaissance Revival structure is the heart of the state's civic life, a place for celebrations, demonstrations, arguments, and accomplishments. It's where history happens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompleted in 1905, the capitol is a grand building on a grand scale, and it reflected Minnesota's growing cosmopolitanism. Noted architect Cass Gilbert won the design competition and then fought ferociously to see his vision built. At construction, the capitol was a marvel of modern engineering, with its own heating plant and the second-largest self-supported marble dome in the world. And more than a century later, after a meticulous renovation in 2015–17, the building glows again with its original beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book includes stories of the capitol's construction and restoration, laborers and craftspeople, fine art and furnishings, and politics and protests. It features remarkable photographs, recently saved from a dumpster, that document the original construction. And it celebrates this beloved building's continued life at the center of the state's civic culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minnesota Historical Society Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042697822448,"sku":"9781681340418","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781681340418_p0.jpg?v=1763692195","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781681340418","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}