What is the height and weight of the Capitol’s dome?
The top of the lantern on the dome stands 254 feet above the baseline elevation of the Capitol’s first floor. The statue of Commonwealth sits atop the lantern. In all the building from bottom to the top of the statue measures 272 feet. The dome itself weighs 52 million pounds (26,000 tons) and is made of a steel skeleton, covered in concrete and brick.
