A fact from Oregon Supreme Court Building appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 24 June 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that the oldest state government building in the US state of Oregon, the 1914 Supreme Court Building in Salem, has a stained glass skylight in the shape of the State seal?
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I'm somewhat skeptical that the existing Povey Bros. skylight in the courtroom was completely destroyed by the Columbus Day storm. Judging by the image, the current skylight looks pretty vintage to me. I know, I know, original research. Is there a source citing its repair and/or replacement? The source cited for the smashing of the skylight is Everything2, which I wouldn't consider a reliable souce since it's like Wikipedia except not as insistent on references. The E2 article says it used "Sources: The Columbian, www.columbian.com/
George H. Taylor, State Climatologist, www.ocs.orst.edu/
Hank Henry The Mail Tribune www.mailtribune.com " I found a cached version of the Mail Tribune article here that says the smashed skylight was over a meeting room. Was there more than one skylight? This source says that during the 1980 renovation the courtroom glass was taken down and restored piece by piece (and the seal put in backward, which had to be turned around again!) but there is no mention of this glass being a replacement... Latr, Katr23:29, 25 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
I'm pretty sure the info that it was smashed is correct, I double-checked the Mail Trib source before adding the info (used the E2 for easier reference). And yes, the courtroom on the 3rd floor is about the only thing up there, and if you zoom in on a satelite image you will see only one skylight. Now though it was smashed, there is more to the skylight than just what is in the picture (I cropped out a lot). If you look at the picture in the OSB story used as a source you will see the larger dome. The damage may have been more to the dome, with the seal spared. But even if destroyed there are other artisans who may have been able to restore the seal to the original look. With the Waller Hall article I came across an Oregon guy who restores stained glass windows. As to the law society piece, it also does not mention the addition of a protective glass dome at that time or have as much detail as the OSB piece. And the OSB piece could be read that the item in place now is a replica of the 1914 piece (hard to tell if the article means replica of the seal or replica of the original sky light). I never found a source saying when it was replaced and by who, but as soon as the Oregonian gets their archives online to go back to 1962 we can double check (I think 1988 is as far back as they go). Or I could wander over to the state library and look at the microfilm one day. Aboutmovies00:35, 26 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
Cool, thanks for humoring me and my hunch. It would be interesting to find a story on the restoration, surely that would have made a nice human interest piece back in the day, though there was so much damage all over the state, maybe it didn't rate. Latr, Katr18:08, 28 June 2007 (UTC)Reply
