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• Position: THEN & NOW - William Strickland's design of Tennessee Capitol - Brief article

When the state of Tennessee recruited renowned architect William Strickland to design its Capitol, he identified the sources of his design. "The architecture of the building consists of a Doric basement, four Ionic porticos, surmounted by a Corinthian tower. The porticos are after the order of the Erechtheum, and the tower from the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates at Athens," he wrote. Already famed for his contributions to the Greek Revival Movement and the designer of many public buildings, especially in Philadelphia, Strickland considered the Tennessee Capitol, a...