
The large bell directly in front of the Capitol Building is a scale replica of the Liberty Bell (uncracked). Pedestrians can ring the bell. The elevator on the east side of the rotunda could once be stopped between floors by forcing the doors open to view the walls of this elevator shaft that have been signed by hundreds of House and Senate pages, as well as elected representatives. The only meeting rooms in the building where the public is never welcome are the caucus chambers and the Senators' and Representatives' lounges.
The state capitol was designed by Boise architects John E. Tourtellotte And Charles F. Hummel, partners who designed many church and educational buildings in Boise.
The pillers in the main lobby area are not made of marble as many believe, they were created by artists in place behind sheets in secret as to not show the technique on how it was done to achieve the look of actual marble.
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