why is the room south of the rotunda called statuary hall
National Statuary Hall National Statuary Hall is a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The hall, also known as the Old Hall of the House, is a large, two-story, semicircular room with a second story gallery along the curved perimeter. It is located immediately south of the Rotunda. The meeting place of the U.S. House of Representatives for nearly 50 years (1807â€“1857), it is now the main exhibition space for the National Statuary Hall Collection.[1]