The dome glass, lighting fixtures, wall sconces and chandeliers were made by the Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company of New York. Beneath the tiffany dome is incribed.. Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.. - James Addison.

As if one ornate dome wasn't enough, there another one. A yellow-toned stained-glass dome in Renaissance pattern by the firm of Healy and Millet. The rotunda features 30-foot walls of Knoxville pink marble and mosaic floor..Now lighted electrically, it was originally illuminated by sunlight.