Oregon State Capitol in Salem
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The current building was constructed from 1936 to 1938 and expanded in 1977. It is the third to house the Oregon state government in Salem. Two former capitol buildings were destroyed by fire, one in 1855 and the other in 1935. Completed in 1938, the third capitol is the fourth-newest capitol in the United States.
The current capitol is 164 feet wide, 400 feet long and 166 feet tall. The exterior was finished with Vermont marble. The lobby, rotunda, and halls were lined with a polished rose travertine stone quarried in Montana. The rotunda’s staircases and floor used Phoenix Napoleon marble quarried in Missouri and have borders of Radio Black marble that, like the exterior stone, is from Vermont.
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