Massachusetts State House Dome - Beacon Hill - Boston Massachusetts - stock photo

Boston, Massachusetts, USA - February 7, 2024: The Massachusetts State House, also known as the Massachusetts Statehouse or the New State House, is the state capitol and seat of government for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, located in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston. The original wood dome was covered with copper in 1802 by Paul Revere's Revere Copper Company. The dome was first painted gray and then light yellow before being gilded with gold leaf in 1874. The dome was re-gilded in 1969, and again 1997 in 23k gold. The dome is topped with a gilded, wooden pine cone, symbolizing both the importance of Boston's lumber industry during early colonial times and of the state of Maine, which was a district of the Commonwealth when the Bulfinch section of the building was completed.