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Located all through out the walls of this old room are statues of various figures from different states. Each state has submitted at least one statue except New Mexico and Alaska. These statues are of people which the state thinks did good work or work which helped the course of the nation or state. Also located through out this old room are bronze tiles which have replaced the regular black ones. These tiles represent Representatives which went to later become a president.
Bibliography: 1. Scott, Pamela, Lee, Antoinette J., Society of Architectural Historians: Buildings of the United States: Buildings of the District of Columbia, New York, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1993 |
The House of Representatives wing, the South wing, is where the
representatives of every state meet to discuss laws, bills, etc. and vote on them.
Their wing is rather simple yet elegant. The tiled floor is composed of a black and
white marble pattern. 
The main architectural attraction in this wing is
the Hall of Columns. In this hall, there are twenty-eight marble columns which form
a monumental entrance to the Capitol. The main artistic accomplishment in the South
wing is the Apotheosis of
Democracy, which was designed by Paul Wayland Bartlett, and was
added in 1916.