There’s a lot of activity going on in here — bees, birds, people, animals — and it’s really quiet in here at dusk,” one ...

The massive dome is the fifth tallest masonry dome ... Florence, Italy, 295; Washington State Capitol, 287. The U.S. Capitol is 302 feet but is steel reinforced. Washington was admitted as the ...

OLYMPIA – The sandstone dome on the Capitol is once again the color of ... in 2012 as part of a major preservation project, the state decided not to use cleaning agents to protect the surfaces ...

The 2001 Nisqually quake rocked Olympia, damaging the dome of the state Capitol building. ”The seismic engineer told me that the dome itself, the structural dome, and the colonnade actually ...

Several thousand protesters marched from Heritage Park to the steps of the Washington state Capitol in Olympia on Saturday, calling for “an end to the siege on Gaza, a ceasefire, and an end to ...

The Capitol Campus is much quieter now that Washington’s 2025 legislative session ... home to a blend of perennial and annual plants. The dome of the Legislative Building serves as a stunning ...