The foundation of Justice in the County of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is once again stable and poised for another century of oversight. Justitia (the Statue of Lady Justice) is re-perched on a new structural framework atop the County courthouse dome.

The 1850s-era wood-framed dome structure suffered the primary long-term effect of water intrusion: rot. A broad and vague term, “rot” defines merely a symptom, but does not convey any degree of extent. Atop the courthouse dome, the rot can only be described as severe. …