Not a dome – but a cupola. One of the Ohio Statehouse’s most distinctive exterior features is the low, conical roof atop the two-story cupola, positioned where many viewers expect to see a dome. 

In the long span between beginning construction on the Statehouse and its completion, the...

The George Washington Williams Memorial Room is located on the first floor of the Statehouse building. It was named after the first African American legislator- a Civil War veteran, lawyer, author, and journalist from Hamilton County, Ohio. George Washington Williams served one House term, from...

The Lincoln Vicksburg Monument was sculpted by Thomas Dow Jones of Cincinnati between 1865 and 1871. It memorializes both the assasinated president and also those who made sacrifices during the Civil War. Grant, McPherson and Sherman were Union leaders from Ohio who were involved in the siege at...