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Cincinnati Music Hall Close-up – Ohio

Cincinnati Music Hall Close-up - Ohio

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Cincinnati Music Hall, built in 1878, and designed by architect Samuel Hannaford is considered one of the last and best examples of the Victorian Gothic Revival Style. It is home to the Cincinnati Ballet, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati Opera, May Festival Chorus, and the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Utah State Capitol Interior Steps – Salt Lake City

Utah State Capitol Interior Steps - Salt Lake City

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The Utah State Capitol Building was constructed over 4 years, between 1912-1916. designed by Richard K.A. Kletting, it uses the Neoclassical revival, Corinthian architectural style.

The building houses two of three branches of state government. The Utah House and Senate, and the executive branch. The building houses the offices of the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and the state auditor.

Statues on the grounds of the capitol include those for Daniel C. Jackling, Edward Harriman, Thomas L. Kane, Martha Hughes Cannon, Marriner S. Eccles, and one to Chief Massasoit as a tribute to the Wampanogas chief who greeted the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts.

Utah’s first capitol building, known today as the Utah Territorial Statehouse, is located in Fillmore.

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Historic Cincinnati Union Terminal Train Station

Historic Cincinnati Union Terminal Train Station - Ohio

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Interior Rotunda (Dome) of Historic Cincinnati Union Terminal Train Station – Ohio

Union Terminal opened in 1933. It served as an intercity train station located in Queensgate neighborhood of Cincinnati. Like many buildings of that era it was designed in an Art Deco style by the architectural firm, Fellheimer & Wagner, with much of the credit for its final appearance going to Paul Philippe Cret. Today it serves as the home of the Cincinnati Museum Center, and Amtrak, which runs trains through Cincinnati three days a week. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977.