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The dome was designed b y architect Wm. Rumbold and completed July 4, 1862. rum bold obtained a patent on the wrought and cast iron structure used in the inner and outer dome. A similar method was used to construct the dome of the United States Capitol two years later. The murals on the inside of the dome, which is 150 feet high, were the first to be painted west of the Mississippi.
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