Minnesota Capitol Furnishings

"Cass Gilbert: Standing the Test of Time"

Documentary, Cass Gilbert Society, St. Paul, Minnesota. ©2005. (run time 28:21)

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"Hunt for History"

KSTP (ABC), aired on July 14th, 2017.

Video segment

"The Case of the Missing Capitol Furniture"

TPT (PBS), Almanac episode aired on August 15th, 2017.

Facebook post with video segment (runtime 4:04)

Attention to Detail

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1989.

Catalog of original furniture in the Minnesota State Capitol.

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Project Postcard

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Project Poster

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Minnesota State Capitol Window Restoration Project, Preliminary Planning Phase Conclusions, Second Revision, September 11th, 2012

"Prepared by: Hammel, Green and Abrahamson + Schooley Caldwell Associates

http://mn.gov/bms-stat/assets/20120911_Capitol_Window_Report_Rev.pdf (PDF)"

Cass Gilbert Society

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"Got a 1905 chair from Minnesota State Capitol? Cass Gilbert Society wants to know"

Article by Richard Chin, Star Tribune, April 28, 2017

Minnesota Historical Society: "Minnesota State Capitol"

Website

"Gilbert, Cass (1859–1934)"

Article at MNopedia

Christen, Barbara S. and Steven Flanders, eds. Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain.

New York: W.W. Norton and Company, Inc., 2001.

Thompson, Neil B. Minnesota's State Capitol: The Art and Politics of a Public Building.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2005.

Attention to Detail: 1905 Furniture of the Minnesota State Capitol, Minnesota Historical Society, Capitol Historic Site, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1989.

Minnesota State Capitol Window Restoration Project, Preliminary Planning Phase Conclusions, Second Revision, September 11th, 2012

"Prepared by: Hammel, Green and Abrahamson + Schooley Caldwell Associates

http://mn.gov/bms-stat/assets/20120911_Capitol_Window_Report_Rev.pdf (PDF)"

Blodgett, Geoffrey. Cass Gilbert: The Early Years.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2001.

Larson, Paul Clifford. Cass Gilbert Abroad: The Young Architect's European Tour.

Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, 2003.

Heilbrun, Margaret, ed. Inventing the Skyline: The Architecture of Cass Gilbert.

New York: Columbia University Press, 2000.

Roberts, Kate. Minnesota 150: The People, Places, and Things that Shape Our State.

St. Paul: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2007.

Irish, Sharon. Cass Gilbert, Architect: Modern Traditionalist.

New York: Monacelli Press, 1999.