2005 Michigan Capitol Ornament Ornament Throughout his long and illustrious

Throughout his long and illustrious career Myers designed five capitols--more than any other architect

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Edited by a former assistant attorney general with firsthand experience in government workings

The 2020 Michigan State Capitol ornament features our historic catalpa tree

2005 Michigan Capitol Ornament Ornament Throughout his long and illustriousThe 2005 Michigan Capitol Ornament celebrates the slender, elegant cast iron dome that rises 267 feet above Capitol Square. Designed by architect Elijah E. Myers, it is one of the first cast iron domes to top a state capitol. Widely acclaimed and frequently imitated, our statehouse helped establish domed capitols as a symbol of American democracy in the post Civil War period. Ornament measures 4 1 4" tall by 2 1 2" wide.