Nothing, however, could be more dignified than this great and imposing structure, which is traversed by a main corridor crossed by a central one with two others, one in the east and the other in the west.

These corridors which give you a sense of amplitude, are paved with Vermont marble.

It has one chief dome, three hundred feet above the base, which is surmounted by a colossal figure with a torch in the uplifted right hand, a goddess of liberty.

On another section of the Hall is a small tower with a flag staff, then a lower dome with a flag staff, the dome being supported by pillars with Corinthian capitals.

Flowers were in bloom in the court-yards the day when I visited the building, and they gave an artistic appearance to the granite-foundations.