Capitol Restored
Restored and expanded over two years at a cost of $104.5 million

05/02/2007 12:08 AM A makeover fit for a queen The Thomas Jefferson-designed Capitol, over 219 years a symbol of promise and defiance, was reopened to the people of Virginia.

05/01/2007 12:05 PM Capitol open to the public Two years after it closed for renovation, the Virginia Capitol is open to the public.

05/01/2007 12:09 AM Gala at the updated Capitol To some, the millions that financed the renovation and expansion of the Capitol is money well-spent.

04/30/2007 12:09 AM CAPITOL GAINS Capitol complex costs continue to grow with renovation The $104.5 million for a face-lift for the Jefferson-designed statehouse may seem like chump change compared with taxpayer spending on other improvements in and around Capitol Square.

Virginia's Capitol Square
HISTORY: The historic Virginia Capitol is a multiuse building: It is an office, a meeting hall and a museum. But time had taken its toll, and the Jeffersonian edifice desperately needed a makeover.

Extreme Capitol makeover
DAYTRIP: Virginia's Capitol looks pretty good for being the second-oldest Capitol building in continuous use in the United States.