Doing right by ‘Lady Justice’: Restoration planned for statue, dome
By Joe Hainthaler, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Pa. | |
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The plan includes good news for lovers of local history: The county says it will remove the statue and put it on public display for a few days both before and after it is repaired.
Without work in the near future, Douts said, serious problems will develop. The planned repairs will be worthwhile.
"It's lasted more than 150 years," he said. Once repaired, "it should last many, many more."
The copper statue now atop the courthouse, known alternately as the Goddess of Justice and "
Leaks have developed in the copper that covers the dome - that's what's turned it green - and the statue shows signs of water damage as well, according to Douts and
The dome project should take 10 to 12 months, with scaffolding to go up around the dome to determine what repairs it needs, Garman said. The statue will be removed and sent to
The plan is to remove the statue from the top of the dome in October and put it on public display - possibly somewhere on
Repairs should take six to seven months, possibly in time to put it on display around
Commissioners also voted to approve:
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_An easement to preserve a 44-acre crop farm in the 300 block of
_Spending
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