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rsdsharp

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3. In some ways it's nicer inside

Reply to monmouth4 (Reply #2)

Mon Mar 6, 2017, 03:00 PM

Mar 2017

It was restored to its Victorian grandeur in the 1980s. The law library off the rotunda is amazing with its wrought iron spiral staircases, tile floors and Gutenberg bible. You can see it on YouTube.

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Side by side photos from Des Moines [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 OP

That's just because the weather in Iowa is so much better The Polack MSgt Mar 2017 #1

That truly is a beautiful building though. Wow..n/t monmouth4 Mar 2017 #2

In some ways it's nicer inside rsdsharp Mar 2017 #3

Truly stunning, I loved the stained glass windows. The librarian seems a welcoming fellow monmouth4 Mar 2017 #4

Your welcome! rsdsharp Mar 2017 #5

Wait a minute. The Iowa Capitol has a Gutenberg Bible? A real one? mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2017 #8

It's been a number of years since I've been in the library, rsdsharp Mar 2017 #9

Different time of day! royable Mar 2017 #6

+1 progressoid Mar 2017 #7