Talk:Washington State Capitol

A fact from Washington State Capitol appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 June 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the Washington State Capitol has been hit by three major earthquakes since its construction?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/June.

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Did the Olmsted Landscape design firm influence Wilder and White's design of the Capitol?

I believe that the third paragraph, second sentence of the History section of this article requires a citation. The sentence states "Wilder and White's designs were influenced by the Olmsted brothers who served as consultants from 1911 to 1912 and designed and supervised the landscaping for the campus from 1927 to 1931" (emphasis added). I do not know what published source supports this conclusion. In addition, the general source cited in this article by Norman Johnston makes clear from original documents that Wilder and White clearly rejected the Olmsted firm's recommendations about orientation and placement of the buildings on the campus. The majority of the design and construction work was done without the Omsted firm being involved at all. The layout and design of the buildings and grounds followed Wilder and White's original plan. The Olmsted firm only became re-engaged on the project after construction of the current capitol group of buildings was complete in 1927 and then only to design the landscape. Even then Wilder and White objected to several of Olmsted's recommendations such as the orientation of entrances from the east side of the campus. Johnosaunders (talk) 23:31, 1 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]