Oklahoma Capitol restoration marks exterior work milestone

 


OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Restoration of Oklahoma's century-old state Capitol reached a milestone Wednesday as workers dismantled scaffolding from the first portion of the building's stone facade to undergo extensive repair and cleaning.

The Capitol's northwest corner sparkled in the warm spring sunshine as officials of JE Dunn Construction unveiled the result of their efforts to restore the building's original cast iron windows, Indiana limestone facade and Oklahoma pink granite base.

The building's fresh, new look is "the result of thousands of hours of painstaking labor by some of the finest tra...



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