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The building and furnishings cost $5.5 million, or $1.24 for each citizen of North Carolina. Architectural details include a 22 ft (6.7 m), red-carpeted stair that leads from the front entrance to the third floor galleries for the House and Senate, roof gardens and garden courts at the four interior corners. Each pair of brass doors that leads to the House and Senate chambers weighs 1700 lb (518.2 m). A 12 ft (3.7 m) in the rotunda weighs 750 lb (228.6 m). Brass chandeliers in the chambers and the main stair are 8 ft m adj=mid (2.4 m) and weigh 625 lb (190.5 m) each. The building is open to the public seven days a week and tours are available. |
