Highlights
Artist
Allyn Cox
Medium
Oil on Canvas
Year
1974
Following the burning of the Capitol by the British on August 24, 1814, the Old Brick Capitol in Washington, D.C., served as temporary Capitol of the United States from 1815 to 1819. It became the Old Capitol Prison during the American Civil War. It was demolished in 1929; its site is now occupied by the U.S. Supreme Court building.
About the Cox Corridors Murals
The first floor of the U.S. Capitol's House wing is elaborately decorated with wall and ceiling murals by artist Allyn Cox. Cox first executed the murals in the eastern north-south corridor, starting work in 1973 and finishing in 1974. This corridor has been termed the Hall of Capitols because it features paintings of 16 different buildings that housed the Continental and United States Congresses from 1754 to 1865.