
          [Engraving by H. Bosse Del & Son, Nashville Tenn]


 [Caption] 
 State Capitol. Nashville. Tennessee.
 Corner Stone laid July 4, 1845. Last Stone of Tower laid July 21st, 1855. Cost to October, 1857, $802,557 59. Material, bluish gray (fossilated) Limestone.
 beautifully variegated. Length of Building, 238 feet�width, 135 feet. Height of building, 80 feet, of roofing, 15 feet, of tower, 80 feet, of iron foliated finial, 28
 feet. Total. 203 feet.


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