This postcard, which captures the design relationship between Frank Lloyd Wright’s Monona Terrace Auditorium and the Capitol, was distributed by supporters in 1958. They were attempting to elect state legislators who opposed the Metzner Law, the legislation which had blocked construction of buildings more than 20 feet in height on the Lake Monona shore and which prevented construction of the Wright building. SHSW Groves Collection

This civic center [would match] the State-house dome and lift the character of the whole city of Madison to the point where the Capitol would belong to the town and not the town belong to the Capitol. Frank Lloyd Wright, 1953

Capitol, art | Monona Terrace Convention Center | Postcards | Wright, Frank Lloyd