Music City Audition #1 Capitol View Traditional Geocache
Music City Audition #1 Capitol View
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Nashville, TN has become a Mecca of sorts for serious cachers. There are over 600 caches hidden within 20 miles of city center. The Music City Audition series of caches is designed to help worthy pilgrims prepare for their trip. There is a portrait of President Jefferson as a FTF bonus here. As with all urban caches, take care to not give away its location to muggles. Log only, bring your own pen.
This cache affords the seeker an excellent view of the NC State Capitol building.The North Carolina State Capitol, completed in 1840, is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of a major civic building in the Greek Revival style of architecture. The State Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark. The State House was enlarged between 1820 and 1824 by state architect William Nichols. A third floor and eastern and western wings were added to the building, and a domed rotunda was constructed at its center to house Antonio Canova's statue of President George Washington, acquired by the state in 1821. When the State House burned in 1831 the statue of George Washington was damaged beyond repair. In plan, the Capitol is a cruciform shape, centering on a domed rotunda where the wings join. It is 160 feet from north to south, 140 feet from east to west (including the porticoes), and stands 97½ feet from the base of the rotunda to the crown atop the dome. The exterior walls are built of gneiss (a form of granite). The stone was quarried in southeastern Raleigh and hauled to the site on the horse-drawn Experimental Railroad, the first railway in North Carolina. The interior walls are of stone and brick. The massive, original wooden truss system still bears the weight of the roof. The Capitol was completed in 1840 at a total cost of $532,682.34, or more than three times the yearly general income of the state at that time. The Capitol housed all of North Carolina's state government until the 1880s. The Supreme Court and State Library moved to a new building in 1888, and the General Assembly moved to the State Legislative Building in 1963. Today the governor and lieutenant governor, and their immediate staff, occupy offices on the first floor of the Capitol. Please take the time to visit the grounds and read the various memorials placed there. This cache location is a little different that any other around here so it may require some independent thinking to locate. You are on a very busy downtown street, but if you act normal no one will pay any attention to you. Have fun looking for this one, and enjoy your visit to Downtown Raleigh.
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