Later Construction Stages
1901/6/1 Advertising on fences SW corner Capitol construction
Tom Blanck
Later Construction Stages - These images show work on the statehouse upper walls, roof and dome through the completion of most of the building in 1905, when the photograph album was completed. Installation of the Quadriga sculpture and work on the interior and grounds continued through 1907.
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Homes near Capitol construction site with hoist and scaffolding in the background.
Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society
1902/8/28 Minnesota State Capitol, steps under construction, West approach
Image courtesy of Thomas Blanck and Associates. Used with permission.
Setting column in Capitol rotunda, April 4, 1904. Nils Nelson supervised such work and is probably the man with the trowel. Compare this stone mason's face with the etching in the 1904 article about Nelson's below.
Image courtesy of Thomas Blanck and Associates. Used with permission. Photograph by Haas and Wright
Stone mason, probably Nils Nelson, April 4, 1904, Minnesota State Capitol rotunda. (Close-up from larger photograph above.)
Image courtesy of Thomas Blanck and Associates. Used with permission. Photograph by Haas and Wright
1904/4/16 Minnesota State Capitol, Arch support inside rotunda
Image courtesy of Thomas Blanck and Associates. Used with permission.
Capitol Construction Wide Shot, ca 1904
Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society