The State as a Work of Art: Design, Technology, and Social Reform, 1876-1917
the State of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg. At the same time, the new City Hall of Phiadelphia, begun 1*n 1871, was finally completed. Colossal monuments to civic pride, they testify to a culture that believed in the power of art to shape the state. The statue of William Penn on the tower of City Hall, presiding over the city he founded, and the Spirit of Commonwealth still perched on the Capitol of the state she inspired, are