No Elves, No Coal: Myth-Busting the Capitol’s ‘Little Doors’

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No Elves, No Coal: Myth-Busting the Capitol’s ‘Little Doors’

Posted April 6, 2018 at 5:50pm

By Katherine Tully-McManus and D.A. Banks

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The Capitol has been rebuilt, expanded and renovated many times since the early 1800s. But its corridors still have a few tiny reminders of an innovative fire-fighting system created by the same master engineer who built the iconic Capitol Dome.

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