<Tr> <Th> Architect </Th> <Td> John E. Tourtellotte Charles Hummel </Td> </Tr> <P> The Idaho State Capitol in Boise is the home of the government of the state of Idaho . Although Lewiston, Idaho, briefly served as Idaho's capital from the formation of Idaho Territory in 1863, the territorial Legislature moved the capital to Boise on December 24, 1864 . </P> <P> Construction of the first portion of the capitol building began in the summer of 1905, 15 years after Idaho gained statehood . Architects were John E. Tourtellotte and Charles Hummel . Tourtellotte was a Connecticut native whose career began in Massachusetts and skyrocketed further when he moved to Boise . Hummel was a German immigrant who partnered with Tourtellotte in 1903 . The final cost of the building was just over $2 million; it was completed in 1920 . The architects used varied materials to construct the building and their design was inspired by Classical examples . </P> <P> Tourtellotte and Hummel used four types of marble: red marble from Georgia, gray marble from Alaska, green marble from Vermont, and black marble from Italy . Architectural inspirations included St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, St Paul's Cathedral in London and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. The most prominent feature of the capitol is its dome . Surmounting this dome is a bronze eagle, 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m) tall . The capitol building is 208 feet (63 m) high, occupies an area of 201,720 square feet (18,740 m), and contains over 50,000 square feet (4,600 m) of artistically carved marble . </P>

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