The building is in the Beaux-Arts architectural style and the walls of
the rotunda are Italian white marble with a base of New York jet-black marble.
Eight large columns are art marble known as scagliola. The dome interior
contains 750 lights which illuminate the blindfolded female figure representing
"Blind Justice" and four scenes: two Indians, a Spanish explorer and
a Confederate general. The balustrades are made of cast iron.
On top of the dome is an 8-foot-tall (2.4 m), 15-foot-wide (4.6 m)
eagle. It is made of solid copper and gilded with gold leaf.
This postcard came from PatsyLou (4 December 2014) Postcrossing
DS.
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