Historical buildings should be conserved so people remember their history. If we didn't conserve old buildings, people wouldn't realise how people used to live and they'd think that the glass and steel buildings we live and work in today were all that has ever been.
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September 18, 1793 was the groundbreaking ceremony. In September 2009 the Capital Building will be 216 years old. www.politicalpete.com
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Ziggarat. Old fashioned government building.
For the most part, the Supreme Court met in various sections of the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, before former US President and then-Chief Justice William Howard Taft convinced Congress to appropriate money for construction of its own building.Time Line of Supreme Court LocationsRoyal Exchange Building, Broad & Water Streets, NYC, (1790)Independence Hall, Philadelphia (February 1791)Old City Hall, East Wing, Philadelphia, (August 1791-1800)Small conference room on first floor of Capitol Building, Old North Wing, Washington, DC, (1800-1808)Private homes and taverns (during reconstruction of Capitol Building, North Wing) Washington, (1808-1810)Old Supreme Court Chamber, basement of Capitol Building, North Wing, Washington, (1810-1814) destroyed by fire, 1814Private homes and taverns (1814-1819)Old Supreme Court Chamber, reconstructed, original location (1819-1860)Old Senate Chamber, first floor of Capitol Building, North Wing, Washington, (1860-1935)Supreme Court Building, First Street, Washington, DC, (1935- )