Prost Builders has been involved in various construction and renovation projects, including work on the Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City. The Capitol is a historic building built over 100 years ago and has undergone numerous renovations and preservation efforts to maintain its structural integrity, historical significance, and beauty for many visitors and government employees. Prost Builders has contributed to these efforts, particularly in areas involving historic restoration, remodeling, and repair work. Our expertise has been utilized to ensure that modern construction standards were met while preserving the Capitol’s historical features.
This type of work often includes delicate tasks such as gold leaf painting, restoring stained glass, and Carthage marble repairs, ensuring the building meets contemporary safety codes, and preserving the integrity of architectural details that reflect the Capitol’s history. Our work of repairing and refinishing the Missouri State Capitol’s large 18-foot-high by 12-foot-wide bi-fold bronze doors at the Grand Staircase entrance required gently removing and transporting them to restoration experts in New Jersey to clean, repair, and restore the doors to their natural beauty and operability.
Recently, Prost Builders restored the gorgeous barrel vault, stained glass laylight above the Grand Staircase, by removing and transporting the stained glass laylight in sections to Los Angeles for cleaning, repair, and restoration to follow the ‘original intent’ of the laylight. The project included artisan painting of the dome’s arch ceiling and artisan painting of the Capitol’s Rotunda.
Yet another project Prost Builders worked on was the Governor’s Mansion, which required brick tuckpointing, window replacements, lead paint removal, repainting the exterior, replacing the roof, and renovating and restoring various interior spaces—such as the Ballroom, the Governor’s master suite, kitchen, living room, and elevator. Prost Builders also built the fountain with the children sculpture in the Mansion’s front yard as a reminder to the public of Missouri’s children.
A year ago, we restored the Carnahan Memorial Garden by removing the weathered wood from the structure on the ceilings of the pergola and restoring it with a new western red cedar shingle roof, redwood timber, and decorative wood elements. Prost Builders was also responsible for the repair and renovation of the Capitol’s exterior terrace and foundation repairs, and exposed Osage River aggregate sidewalks and foundation repairs.
It’s clear that Prost Builders has been an integral part of Missouri’s new projects throughout our 75 years of construction work—but we also show our dedication to the history of our beloved state through our restoration and renovation projects on many Missouri landmark properties.
