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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 3736812" data-attributes="member: 1246">Sept. 18, 1793&nbsp;On this day in 1793, <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-washington" target="_blank">George Washington</a> lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The building would take nearly a century to complete, as architects came and went, the British set fire to it and it was called into use during the <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history" target="_blank">Civil War</a>. Today, the Capitol building, with its famous cast-iron dome and important collection of American art, is part of the Capitol Complex, which includes six Congressional office buildings and three <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/library-of-congress" target="_blank">Library of Congress</a> buildings, all developed in the 19th and 20th centuries.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 3736812, member: 1246"] Sept. 18, 1793 On this day in 1793, [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-washington'][U]George Washington[/U][/URL] lays the cornerstone to the United States Capitol building, the home of the legislative branch of American government. The building would take nearly a century to complete, as architects came and went, the British set fire to it and it was called into use during the [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/american-civil-war-history'][U]Civil War[/U][/URL]. Today, the Capitol building, with its famous cast-iron dome and important collection of American art, is part of the Capitol Complex, which includes six Congressional office buildings and three [URL='https://www.history.com/topics/library-of-congress'][U]Library of Congress[/U][/URL] buildings, all developed in the 19th and 20th centuries. [/QUOTE]

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