The World's Most Beautiful Places
The Great American Tower stands above the stadium of the Cincinnati Reds, in Ohio. The skyscraper was completed in 2011 at a cost of $322 million. It contains more than 800,000 square feet of office space. It is the tallest building in Cincinnati (ending the 81 year rein of the Carew Tower), at 41 stories and 665 feet tall. It is the third tallest in Ohio.
The Scottish Rite Cathedral designed by George Schreiber, was built in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1927. The building is one of the largest masonic buildings in the world, and the largest Scottish Rite building. Every dimension of the building is divisible by three, an aspect of the Scottish Rite.
Utah State Capitol in Reflecting Fountain at Sunset – Salt Lake City
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.
As a side note, the interior of the Utah State capitol shares a lot of similarities with the Kentucky state capitol, built around the same time, even though they utilize different architectural styles.
Utah Government – Utah State Capitol Building