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I contributed the bulk of the original copy for this article, and appreciate those who have help edit and shape it. I am less appreciative of those who insist on adding inaccurate informaton to the article. I have removed it more than once, and it gets returned. I'm staff historian in the building that is the subject of the article-I know what's right to include, and what ought not to be here!
You are naming one secondary source, and a rather outdated one for your information.A more accurate, but less available reference is Abbot Lowell Cummings, Ohio's Capitols at Columbus. My information is a distilation of many primary sources, plus research and expierience of my own and several coworkers. Things you are stating are either plain wrong (the original plans could not have disappeared with Walter, there were no "original" plans)or a distortion that comes from recirculated information being shared amoung different sources and patched back together incorrectly. The building was not the the work one builder whose vision would be preserved from start to finish, it was very much a work by committe that changed form and appearance for a variety of reasons. The thought of placing a large rounded dome on the building would be floated more than once during the long construction process, but in the end would be eliminated due to aesthetic concerns,political expediency and simple economics-the building was drastically over budget. Initial entrants in the design competetion all had domes,and as construction began on the "composite' design a dome was part of the planing, after the construction hiatus of the 1840 the buildings new architects West and Sawyer proposed design changes, most significant of which was the replacment of a round dome with a low,conical roof. The next architect in the progression, N.B. Kelley reverted back to a domed design, but upon his dismissal, the buildings last principal architect Isiah Rogers championed the aestheticlly correct and less expensive option-a low roof, no dome
I changed recently added facts about light fixtures in the Legislative chambers that were subjective and not accurate.. My information comes directly from the Curator of the Vermont building.
- This article lists absolutely no sources. Also, it is apparent from this discussion that there is quite a bit of original research going on. The guidelines for a Wikipedia article are quite clear in that there should be NO original research whatsoever. All information listed in a wikipedia article must have a reference to an outside source that is viewable over the internet. Therefore this article needs significant work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ntyler01mil ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
I have been reworking some aspects of this article for clarity and to add information. I am using the Wikipedia entry for the Pennsylvainia State Capitol [1] entry as a template because that entry has been recognized for it's quality. S.M.Reid ( talk) 13:31, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
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Would Category:Ohio Statehouse be helpful for grouping related articles? --- Another Believer ( Talk) 14:33, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
The contents of the Ohioans in Space page were merged into Ohio Statehouse on 15 March 2024. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page. |
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I contributed the bulk of the original copy for this article, and appreciate those who have help edit and shape it. I am less appreciative of those who insist on adding inaccurate informaton to the article. I have removed it more than once, and it gets returned. I'm staff historian in the building that is the subject of the article-I know what's right to include, and what ought not to be here!
You are naming one secondary source, and a rather outdated one for your information.A more accurate, but less available reference is Abbot Lowell Cummings, Ohio's Capitols at Columbus. My information is a distilation of many primary sources, plus research and expierience of my own and several coworkers. Things you are stating are either plain wrong (the original plans could not have disappeared with Walter, there were no "original" plans)or a distortion that comes from recirculated information being shared amoung different sources and patched back together incorrectly. The building was not the the work one builder whose vision would be preserved from start to finish, it was very much a work by committe that changed form and appearance for a variety of reasons. The thought of placing a large rounded dome on the building would be floated more than once during the long construction process, but in the end would be eliminated due to aesthetic concerns,political expediency and simple economics-the building was drastically over budget. Initial entrants in the design competetion all had domes,and as construction began on the "composite' design a dome was part of the planing, after the construction hiatus of the 1840 the buildings new architects West and Sawyer proposed design changes, most significant of which was the replacment of a round dome with a low,conical roof. The next architect in the progression, N.B. Kelley reverted back to a domed design, but upon his dismissal, the buildings last principal architect Isiah Rogers championed the aestheticlly correct and less expensive option-a low roof, no dome
I changed recently added facts about light fixtures in the Legislative chambers that were subjective and not accurate.. My information comes directly from the Curator of the Vermont building.
- This article lists absolutely no sources. Also, it is apparent from this discussion that there is quite a bit of original research going on. The guidelines for a Wikipedia article are quite clear in that there should be NO original research whatsoever. All information listed in a wikipedia article must have a reference to an outside source that is viewable over the internet. Therefore this article needs significant work. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ntyler01mil ( talk • contribs) 18:34, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
I have been reworking some aspects of this article for clarity and to add information. I am using the Wikipedia entry for the Pennsylvainia State Capitol [1] entry as a template because that entry has been recognized for it's quality. S.M.Reid ( talk) 13:31, 11 October 2018 (UTC)
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Would Category:Ohio Statehouse be helpful for grouping related articles? --- Another Believer ( Talk) 14:33, 20 September 2020 (UTC)