Nassau Hall: Restoration Has People Looking Up
The scaffolding and fencing that surrounded Nassau Hall have been removed, the Class of 1879 tigers at the front entrance have been unboxed, and the cupola has a fresh look after six months of renovations and replacement of the building’s slate roof. The cupola was restored and repainted, the 5-foot-wide clock faces were resurfaced and gold leaf applied to the numerals, the cupola’s dome was covered in 10,000 pounds of new copper, and the weather vane — which had rusted in place — can turn once again.
“The cupola and roof should look the same, only better,” said project manager Alexis Mutschler. The biggest change is the copper-penny color of the cupola’s dome — it will take about 20 years to form the turquoise-green patina alumni are used to seeing.
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