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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):
- Philosophy - shown as an aged man reclining on books of knowledge,
- Industry - power of manhood,
- Art - beautiful maiden with her palette and sculptor's hammer,
- Husbandry - a matron,
- History - holding the hourglass of time and mirror of the past,
is shown in the prime of manhood in the center,
- Science - goddess of the lamp, depicted with globe and dividers,
- Mars - armored, his sword now at rest,
- Religion - maiden of the palm leaf, kneeling before the altar
of devotion,
- Law - serious minded youth