High atop Notre Dame’s Main Administration Building – and on this recreation of a vintage logo – you’ll see a 19-foot, 4,000-lb tall statue of Mary atop a dome encased in gold. Today’s Golden Dome is not the original, which was destroyed in a fire in 1879. Upon rebuild, the dome wasn’t going to be gilded, but university founder Edward Sorin demanded it meet his original (golden) vision. His persistence paid off – the Golden Dome is an instantly recognizable landmark at the university and now listed with the National Register of Historic Places.