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Designed by Charles Bulfinch, the State House sits on the south side of Beacon Hill, overlooking Boston Common and the Back Bay. The dome was coppered by Paul Revere & Sons in 1802 and was gilded for the first time in the early 1870s with 23 carat gold leaf for a cost of $2862.50; the most recent gilding, in 1997, cost $300,000.
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