The ornate staircase – with its 444 steps – was finished by Isaac G.

Richardson died at age 47 in 1886 before the building was finished. The New York State Capitol was designed in the 1880s by architect Henry Hobson Richardson, known for his Romanesque style. The carved portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be permanently installed at the New York State Capitol's Great Western Staircase later this spring. It is the only other portrait of a Supreme Court justice, according to the governor’s office.Ĭredit: Darren McGee/NYS Governor’s Office While there are currently 77 well-known faces adorning the stairs’ walls, the Ginsburg portrait location will be directly above John Jay, the U.S. Later this spring, the Ginsburg portrait will be permanently installed on the second floor of the Great Western Staircase. 'By carving her portrait into the Capitol, we are both honoring Justice Ginsburg’s legacy as a trailblazer for justice and gender equality, and also celebrating New York’s history as the birthplace of the women’s rights movement.” Kathy Hochul, at a mid-March rehearsal to place the stone portrait at the staircase. Supreme Court, she famously replied, ‘When there are nine,’” said Gov.

“When Ruth Bader Ginsburg was asked when there would be enough women on the U.S.

For the first time in 125 years, the face of a celebrated New Yorker will join the pantheon of historic people commemorated at the New York State Capitol’s Great Western Staircase: Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’54, the late associate justice of the U.S.

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