United States Capitol - View this location on map President George Washington laid the cornerstone in 1793; the building was completed in 1865. With but one brief interruption, the Capitol has housed the legislative chambers of the U.S. Congress since 1800, and housed the U.S. Supreme Court from 1800 until 1935. Presidential inaugurations are traditionally held here, the physical symbol of the United States of America. Capitol Hill, Washington, District of Columbia Historical

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