MONROE - The Green County Courthouse is getting some tuckpointing to take care of deteriorating mortar.
Workers who powerwashed the building earlier this summer noticed some of the mortar at the top of the courthouse, primarily at the higher reaches of the clock tower and the chimney, was deteriorating, Green County Clerk Mike Doyle said. Work was scheduled for the end of this month.
The power washing did not cause the deterioration, Doyle added.
The project will cost more $114,000, and will be paid for by the Courthouse renovation fund, he said. The courthouse renovation fund was set up a few years ago, about the time the Justice Center was built.
Showers Building Restoration of McFarland will do the tuckpointing and will try to match the mortar as close to the existing gray mortar as possible. The last mortar project was a few years ago when tuckpointing to the first-level windows and down was done.
The Board of Supervisors approved the project earlier this month.
- Holly Ann Garey
Workers who powerwashed the building earlier this summer noticed some of the mortar at the top of the courthouse, primarily at the higher reaches of the clock tower and the chimney, was deteriorating, Green County Clerk Mike Doyle said. Work was scheduled for the end of this month.
The power washing did not cause the deterioration, Doyle added.
The project will cost more $114,000, and will be paid for by the Courthouse renovation fund, he said. The courthouse renovation fund was set up a few years ago, about the time the Justice Center was built.
Showers Building Restoration of McFarland will do the tuckpointing and will try to match the mortar as close to the existing gray mortar as possible. The last mortar project was a few years ago when tuckpointing to the first-level windows and down was done.
The Board of Supervisors approved the project earlier this month.
- Holly Ann Garey