The Rhode Island State House is constructed of of white Georgia marble, 15 million bricks, and of iron floor beams. The dome is "considered to have the fourth largest self-supported marble dome in the world". On top of the dome is a gold-covered bronze statue of the Independent Man, originally named "Hope". The statue weighs more than ; it is tall and stands above the ground. The Independent Man represents freedom and independence and alludes to the independent spirit which led Roger Williams to settle and establish Providence Plantations and later the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.