Showing posts with label Murals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Murals. Show all posts

January 15, 2023

Decorative painting (murals) on the sanctuary’s eastern wall

MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK from 1948 is currently hidden behind two coats of paint in our sanctuary. However, it is the intent of our most preservation-oriented member that those decorations be uncovered in a future restoration effort. In the meantime, let’s take care not to damage them further!

Detail from underneath the Decalogue frieze, as seen in a 1948 photo
(As usual, click/tap on an image to enlarge it.)

This post recaps what is known from the 2003 Historic Structure Report (HSR) and from old photographs. Let’s start with the photos.…