Bangor’s iconic Paul Bunyan statue will get a fresh paint job this summer.
The city has approved $15,000 for the paint job for the 31-foot, 3,700-pound statue and five information kiosks, according to News Center Maine.
Bunyan last got a paint job about 15 years ago.
Bunyan has stood in Bangor since 1959. Local artist J. Normand Martin, who died at age 95 in May 2021, was paid $137 to design a model that served as the template for the iconic statue honoring the city’s rich lumber history. It was constructed by New York-based Messmoor and Damon.
Martin unsuccessfully pushed to pair Bunyan with his mythic giant blue ox Babe in 2015.
News Center Maine reported that the painting should take just a week and be completed before the end of August.