and william strickland is a legend in in in the east eastern states. he's out of philadelphia. he designed many beautiful buildings there. the tower independence hall is probably the most recognized one that you are familiar with. it's on the back of your $20 bill. he designed that tower. so he comes here to he's selected in 1845, now 1845. we have tennessee has just elected a tennessean or the nation has just elected a tennessean as president in 1830 435, of course that's jackson's second term. so you got to remember think of it the context of where we're when this begins is that tennessee is a very politically powerful in the nation's politics and it needs a national architect. it needs prominence as its state capital and, strickland hits the ground. the other thing, i'll say, and we can chat about this more as well, is that from the get go, tennessee's general assembly wanted this beautiful building with this beautiful architectural design. william strickland is coming to nashville, tennessee which all and we're not music city usa at that time we are the backwaters we are we

in william strickland is a legend in the eastern states, he's out of philadelphia.designed many beautiful buildings there. the tower of independence hall is probably the most recognizable one that you are familiar with. it's on the back of your $20 bill. he designed that tower. so he comes here to nashville, he is selected in 1845. 1845, tennessee where the nation has just elected a tennessean as president. 1835, that is jackson's second term. so think of the context of where we are at when this begins. tennessee is very politically powerful in the nation's politics and it a national architect, it need that prominence as a state capital. and strickland hits the ground running. and the other thing we will say, from the get-go, the tennessee general assembly, they want to this beautiful building with this beautiful architecture design. william strickland is coming to nashville, tennessee which, we are not music city, usa at that time. we are west of the appalachians that are sort of an afterthought at least geographically if not politically. and the other thing about