so we have tremendous documentation of william barney, son of maryland's hero joshua barney going to the state house dome and using his excellent glass to observe troop movements on their way back and forth up the bay in september of 1814. we have now ventured out of the 18th century portion of the state house and into what we call the new annexed part bimt between 1902 and 1905 by baltimore architects. the new annex, as we call it, certainly added a grand entrance to look at the outside you see a very grand set of steps which lead to a pair of massive bronze doors adorned with state seal and important state symbols. we are now standing on the floor of house of delegates chamber. one of the spaces that's added in the new annex. it's a side of the building that houses both legislative chambers. what they ended up with was a truly grand space with 20-foot ceilings in every space including bathrooms in this building. it was truly a remarkable structure. the addition of five tiffany skylights was part of the contract to build this. this room, the house of delegates chamber has the larges