Lincoln (Neb.) - Nov. 19, 1997 - Preliminary work on the Temple Building restoration project at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln is scheduled to begin this week.
Bracing and scaffolding will be constructed in the next few days to prepare for restoration work in the spring that will include removal and replacement of the existing roof over each portico, the stabilization of the building's limestone veneer and waterproofing.
The $130,000 project is scheduled to be completed in May or June.
One of the older buildings on campus, the Temple Building
opened in 1907 thanks to a $66,666.67 donation by John D.
Rockefeller that covered two-thirds of the original cost of the
building. The Temple Building, 12th and R streets, houses the
Department of Theatre Arts and Dance, the Howell and Studio
theatres and the summer Nebraska Repertory Theatre.
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