2-709-196 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Massachusetts State House, Boston, USA, 1895. The state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1798 at a cost of $133,333 (more than five times the budget). It is considered to be a fine example of Federal architecture. From "Round the World in Pictures and Photographs: From London Bridge to Charing Cross via Yokohama and Chicago". [George Newnes Ltd, London, 1895]