Details of The Capitol Building
There are underground tunnels beneath the capitol mall connecting the Capitol Building to the Supreme Court building and other government buildings. Used daily by government employees, these tunnels are not accessible to the public, and can serve as bomb shelters to protect the Governor and other public servants. The Capitol Building also has a special parking stall next to the main entrance stairway which is reserved for the governor's personal car. His vehicle bears the Idaho license plate number 1.
The large bell directly in front of the Capitol Building is a scale replica of the Liberty Bell (uncracked). Pedestrians can ring the bell. The elevator on the east side of the rotunda could once be stopped between floors by forcing the doors open to view the walls of this elevator shaft that have been signed by hundreds of House and Senate pages over the years, as well as elected representatives. The only meeting rooms in the building where the public is never welcome are the caucus chambers and the Senators' and Representatives' lounges.
Twenty portraits of Idaho territorial and state Governors painted by artist Herbert A. Collins in 1911 are on display.
The pillars in the main lobby area are not made of marble, but are rather a notable example of scagliola.
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