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Cover Photo: The North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh, completed in 1850. This structure was the first to combine all the elements of the capitol building type now common in America—a cruciform footprint, a temple front, a dome above a rotunda, and parklike grounds. Photo and caption courtesy of Charles T. Goodsell, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
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