Talk:National Statuary Hall

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[edit] Citation

A guest posted the following at the bottom of the article so I moved it here.

Someone please put this citation in, I don't know how.. but it seems like this info came from this page
http://www.aoc.gov/cc/capitol/nat_stat_hall.cfm

PierceG 02:55, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Carroll

Anyone know which Charles Carroll Maryland chose to put in Statuary Hall? It is most likely Charles Carroll, Barrister or his cousin Charles Carroll of Carrollton. -Gentgeen 23:10, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

National Statuary Hall Collection says the latter. As does the Capitol website. (I don't know why we have this duplicate list.) -—wwoods 02:39, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Whisper Room

"A whisper from one side of this room can be heard across the vast space of the hall." from this page. I thought this was a notable bit of trivia that someone might want to put in a trivia section at the bottom of the article. -PierceG 00:00, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

It already says, "It is said that Adams took advantage of the Hall's acoustics to eavesdrop on other members conversing on the opposite side of the room. ... This modification, along with the replacement of the original wooden ceiling (which was painted to simulate three-dimensional coffering) with the present one in the early 20th century, eliminated most of the echoes that earlier plagued the room." But it could use a fuller explanation. —wwoods 00:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
This article currently contradicts itself - the first section says that Adams did his eavesdropping trick, whereas the History section says that this is impossible because the room was carpeted in his day. I have no idea which assertion is true, but they can't both be. Piers Fletcher 10:37, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't see how carpet on the floor would affect reflections from the ceiling... -—wwoods 14:27, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
This is discussed in the House Historian's biweekly "history lesson" session as being apocryphal. He did not in fact listen to the opposition party from his desk. --Daysleeper47 (talk) 16:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Seconded, Adams never did this. Its just a popular myth that gets repeated too often enough. ~ (The Rebel At) ~ 22:30, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Two lists

Would anyone object if I removed the list of statues from this page as they are redundant with the National Statuary Hall Collection page? --Daysleeper47 (talk) 16:04, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

Fine by me since the page is linked to the collection. The room should stand on its own merits.~ (The Rebel At) ~ 22:32, 25 March 2008 (UTC)