Olympia State Capitol

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

The Legislative Building was designed by Wilder and White of New York, with ground broken in 1922, and was dedicated in 1928. The wider Capitol Campus was laid out under a master plan by the Olmsted Brothers firm and includes the Temple of Justice, the Insurance Building, and the Governor's Mansion.

The dome rises 287 feet above the rotunda floor and is among the tallest masonry domes in the world. It is built of Wilkeson sandstone faced over a stone-and-concrete structural system. The lantern at the top can be seen from across Capitol Lake and along most of Budd Inlet.

The Legislative Building's exterior is faced in Wilkeson sandstone, quarried in the Cascade foothills about fifty miles east of Olympia. Interior surfaces use Alaskan marble for walls and floors. The bronze doors at the main entrances weigh roughly a ton apiece and were cast for the original 1928 dedication.

Yes. The Department of Enterprise Services offers free public tours hourly on most days the building is open to the public, which is generally weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. outside of session. Tours begin in the rotunda and run about forty-five minutes.

The chandelier is a Louis Comfort Tiffany original, often called 'Angels of Mercy,' commissioned for the Legislative Building and installed in 1928. It weighs about 10,000 pounds, the largest Tiffany-designed chandelier of its kind, and hangs from a long chain dropping from the eye of the dome to roughly fifty feet above the floor.

The Yoshino cherry trees on the Capitol Campus generally open in the first two weeks of April, with peak bloom usually lasting about a week. The trees are planted along the campus walks and on the slope toward Capitol Lake. Bloom timing shifts a week or two depending on the winter.

It has been a considered gift for state legislators and staff, alumni of The Evergreen State College, and longtime Olympia residents. A Coaster or Small with a handwritten card from the studio reads as a real place rather than a generic civic souvenir, and a Medium suits a desk or a small office wall.

Traditional, transitional, and Pacific-Northwest-modern. The honey-coloured sandstone and the white-and-pink cherry blossom give the piece a warm, restrained palette that sits well with walnut, brass, and ivory linen. It also reads well in a heritage-government office against panelled wood.

Civic-traditional and heritage-government interiors have stayed close to walnut, brass, and warm stone for decades, and the Capitol's Wilkeson sandstone fits that palette directly. The cherry-blossom note adds a softer seasonal layer without breaking the room's gravity.

Above a standard sofa a single Large reads as a strong focal piece. A four-tile Mural lengthens the dome's vertical line across a wider wall, and a nine-tile Mural is the right scale for stairwells and high-ceilinged great rooms. A Medium suits a console; a Small suits a desk shelf.

Yes, in the Dura Satin or Matte finish. Both are soft-sheen, scratch-resistant, and rated for vertical installation in showers, backsplashes, and powder rooms. The Glossy finish is reserved for framed wall pieces in dry rooms.

A soft microfibre cloth with water is enough for routine dust and fingerprints. For a kitchen or bath installation, a mild non-abrasive household cleaner is fine on the Dura Satin and Matte finishes. No solvents, no scouring pads.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original work from the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee, with Reid Wender as the curating eye. The art is not licensed from stock libraries and is not produced by other studios under our name.