Talk:Missouri State Capitol

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Large portions of the article are copied verbatim from the first external link (The MO Secretary of State's site), starting from "The Missouri State Capitol is notable for its architectural features" and continuing through "...the Fountain of the Centaurs are the most outstanding features on the north grounds," with no footnote. I am not familiar enough with wikipedia style to attempt a fix myself, but it ought to be changed.Trinite 21:24, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Added paragraph on the whispering gallery and dome-top viewing platform.Trinite 21:39, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

I added the sentence "The grand staircase is flanked by large heroic bronze statues of Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, and the second floor displays bronze busts of many famous Missourians." within the architecture section.Trinite 21:54, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Would it be possible to reorganize the article into three sections for architecture, art, and history? A whole lot of the history section as it now stands is given over to architectural description.Trinite 21:54, 22 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Sure, go for it! I added some images and made a few formatting edits, but other than that I don't think anyone has really done much with this article in awhile.  Nick In BigD  (Hey!) 05:51, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

Prior Content
Up until February or March 2008, this was a substantial, well written article (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Missouri_State_Capitol&oldid=193032704). Now it is a stub, and one with two blank sections. What happened?

Reading earlier comments it looks like the material may have been copied from another website without proper footnoting. If this is the case, I would propose that the article be reverted to the previous text with properly anotated footnotes added. If this is not the case, why was this rather well-written article deleted?

Also, could someone add content to the two "dangling" sections, ie "Rotunda Chandelier Incident" and "Sources"?

I think this article was over-edited.

Chevalier3 (talk) 14:23, 14 April 2008 (UTC)


 * An investigation of the history shows that there was a large amount of vandalism that was over corrected, deleting pretty much most of the article. I've restored it that pre-vandalism state.  The article may well need to be edited, however, to ensure that it conforms to Wikipedia guidelines. Rebel At  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.166.80.218 (talk) 15:40, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Temporary Capitol 1912-1917
While there is mention of the temporary capitol in St. Charles, I notice there is no mention of the temporary capitols between the 1911 fire and the 1917 first session in the current "sixth" capitol. I'm using scare quotes here because we strangely number the Mansion House and Missouri Hotel as 1 and 2 here (and skip 3 entirely?), but don't count the temporary capitol I'm leading up to, or the Supreme Court building and St. Peter's hall used while the temporary capitol was being constructed. According to the first source I'm linking to below, we're actually up to the 11th capitol and if we're counting the Missouri Hotel in St. Charles, I think that might be conservative.

After the 1911 fire, a temporary capitol building was constructed in 1912 to act as the temporary capitol building, and while it was deemed "inadequate" by those using it, it was used until 1917 when the current capitol was far enough along to use its chambers with temporary seating. The temporary building was entirely constructed to be a temporary capitol building so I feel it's worth getting a mention. BUT a lot of information I simply don't have, or isn't available somewhere I know of to source. I work in the current building and the 1912 temporary building isn't where it's supposed to be (I think that's where the utility building for the capitol is now, based on the picture and the description on the first link, but I really don't know.) so with all the gaps in information I'm putting it in Talk rather than putting something incomplete or potentially incorrect in the article.

Temporary Capitol Building with pictures

Early move to the new capitol 63.79.131.242 (talk) 22:28, 10 September 2022 (UTC)