CSPAN3 American History TV June 22, 2024
This was a rotunda with an oculus in the middle of it. The oculus was several feet wide. The room is completely circular. Even the woodwork is steamed into place to fit in a circular room. The dome is mostly gone now. We have various remnants of it in storage. It was plastered, painted skyblue to imitate to the outdoor sky. And the oculus gave early appearance of having leaked quite a bit. The interior was the interior of the dome was painted skyblue. The walls, there is some evidence they were painted a dusty rose or almost a pink. What we have here is the beginning of several surprises on th...