But this month, crews of restoration experts erected scaffolding both inside and outside the Gothic Revival national landmark, and using cranes for equipment and demolition hauling, have begun work on rebuilding the two skylights, as well as the long-delayed installation of the antique stained-glass panels inside, called lay lights. Those 300 window-sized panels will be installed horizontally several feet under the skylights. The current work, expected to go into the third week in January, just before the start of the 2024 legislative session, includes repainting the period-correct interior stencils that were damaged when the stained glass panels were removed for restoration in 2014. The work is the first phase of a $54-million restoration of the building that will include a new micro-thin layer of gold leaf on the dome that soars 257 feet above the first floor rotunda as well as restoration and repointing of the soaring marble and granite seat of state government, including architectural towers and observation areas that have been pitted over 145 years of years by wind, rain and pollution.
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