The statue of Robert E. Lee stands proudly in front of the Virginia State Capitol.

As the model for Virginia's first permanent capitol, Thomas Jefferson selected the Maison Carrée at Nîmes in southern France, an exquisite temple, which had been built by the Romans early in the Christian era. This building is the middle structure of our present capitol complex, its center rotunda area displaying the life-size Houdon statue of George Washington and portrait busts of the seven other Virginia-born presidents and of Lafayette, the French volunteer who fought for America and for Virginia during the American Revolution. In 1904, extensive renovation and additional construction to the Capitol were begun. Wings were added to the west of the original structure as a new Senate chamber and to the east as new quarters for the House of Delegates. In 1964 connectors were enlarged on the wings to create conference room space.

The windows at the Capitol have very delicate muntins that are to be repaired as part of the restoration.

Re-View was contracted to restore the existing windows of the capitol. Every effort is being taken to preserve the original fabric of the window system. Re-View is using liquid epoxies and epoxy fillers combined with wood dutchman to make repairs. After the sash are going to be restored in Re-View’s restoration facility, they will be adapted to accommodate laminated glass. The Re-View craftsmen routed out the sash to adjust for the thicker security glazing.

Re-View will be working on the windows in phases to avoid disruption of the activities going on at the Capitol.