RICHMOND - Thomas Jefferson had an eye for imperfections, and today the 220-year-old Capitol he designed is full of them.
Door handles are missing, lights aren’t working and a skylight is leaking.
The post-renovation problems are part of an inch-thick “punch list” - a thorough account of 2,443 blemishes throughout the building.
Since the Capitol reopened to the public May 1, workers have labored after hours to cut the tally to about 200 items, according to the latest version of the list. The fixes are expected to continue until the end of September.
“I think if Jefferson were alive today, he would have his nose against every leak and piece of chipped granite,” said James Wootton, executive director of the Capitol Square Preservation Council. “And he’d be saying, ‘This needs to be fixed, and it needs to be done now.’”
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