Mural: "Early Hobart" WPA in Hobart, Indiana, Post Office

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1 mural: hobart

1.1 search historical scenes
1.2 completed art
1.3 artist s other murals
1.4 hobart destroyed
1.5 preservation





mural: hobart
search historical scenes

a little on year after post office s dedication, u.s. treasury procurement division authorized painting of mural lobby of hobart s new post office. artist, william dolwick, contracted on march 1, 1938, , spent following thursday in hobart, collaborating mrs. floyd demmon. dolwick s goal gather old historical scenes ... available , requested hobart index: commonwealth broadcast appeal readers submit him old prints of local scenes might have . dolwick stated intended paint mural @ home in cleveland, ohio , bring hobart.


completed art

the mural depicts scenes of hobart, receiving title, hobart . after completion hobart index: commonwealth of july 21, 1938, printed image of mural following description.





the mural entitled, hobart , artist s conception of how hobart appeared year of 1870. building in extreme left foreground represents day trading post , post office combined. scholler s old blacksmith shop in left center large building right being gristmill. old sawmill @ extreme right. 3 characters in foreground represent settlers of city. indiana squaw shown sitting on trading post steps while husband bargaining storekeeper inside.



artist s other murals

william dolwick painted other murals while employed p.w.a.p. one, entitled french scene , reference style expected dolwick hobart post office mural. cleveland installed in carnegie-lorian branch library of cleveland , gas city in boom days installed in gas city, indiana, post office.


hobart destroyed

in 1965, post office underwent renovations. time, mural had become dingy , deteriorated , scheduled discarded. edmen rippe, postmaster during time, believed should preserved rather destroyed , in 1966 enlisted of local artist, victor sable, restore mural. mural still hangs today.


preservation

the hobart historical society has done excellent job promoting , preserving existence of hobart . registered office of fine arts , historic preservation in washington, d.c. additionally, mural has been featured in various research publications, books magazine articles. preservation of these unique elements of america s history requires great effort , city of hobart has succeeded in endeavor preserve , promote hobart .








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