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Ten-columned south portico representing a 3/4 scale version of the great Doric Parthenon in Athens, Greece (See photo at bottom of this page.)

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Built of Vermont marble

The sculpture in the pediment represents the forces of civilization and was carved by Charles N. Niehaus, who did the equally academic statue of "Lincoln, the Emancipator" (see other photos).

Pediment figures (from left):