one is across the street, in the plaza, the statue of william henry seward. he was the secretary of state for president abraham lincoln. in 1867, he negotiated a treaty with the russian minister to the united states that resulted in transferring russian america at , to the united states, when it became alaska. -- constructing of a statue of henry seward across the capital, and that is prominent in the foreground of many photographs of the capital today. right now, we are standing in the lobby of the ground floor, a very low ceiling space. not as dynamic as some of the other capitals where you enter and there's a big rotunda, it is a very welcoming place. the lobby is surrounded by the same marble as used in the columns outside, used here in the floor and on the walls. it is another representation of using alaska resources in the construction of the building. we have moved to the chambers for the house of representatives on the east wing, the end of the east wing, the second floor of the capitol building. the is the same location original house of representati

in the plaza is a statue of william henry seward. iam henry seward with the secretary of state for president abraham lincoln. in 1867, he negotiated a treaty with the russian minister to the that resulted in transferring russian america, at the time, to the united states which was later renamed alaska. it commemorate -- we commemorated the 150th anniversary of the treaty. one of the events was constructing of the statue of william henry stewart -- seward. it is very prominent in many of the photographs of the capital today. right now, we are standing in the lobby of the ground floor. it is a very low ceiling space. it is not as dynamic as some of the other capitals where you enter and it is a big rotunda. it is a welcoming place. the lobby is surrounded by tim keen marble which is the same marble that is used in the columns outside. it is used here on the floor and on the walls. it is another representation of using alaska resources in the construction of the building. we have moved to the chambers for the house of representatives on