Rhode Island State House (Providence, Rhode Island)

 capitol building, Neoclassical (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, 1904_construction, state government

82 Smith Street
Providence, RI 02903
(401) 222-2080
www.ri.gov/

This is the RI State House, the seat of government for the state of Rhode Island. The current State House is Rhode Island's seventh state house and the second in Providence after the Old Rhode Island State House. It was designed by the architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White and constructed from 1895 to 1904. The building underwent a major renovation in the late 1990s.

The dome of the State House is the fourth-largest self-supporting marble dome in the world, after St. Peter's Basilica, the Minnesota State Capitol, and the Taj Mahal. On top of the dome is a gold-covered bronze statue of Independent Man, originally named "Hope." Independent Man represents freedom and independence and alludes to the independent spirit which led Roger Williams to settle and establish Providence and later Rhode Island.