Sunday, July 16, 2023

Post Office Mural: Eaton, Ohio

 

"Van Ausdal's Trading Post" by Roland Schwiensburg

This painting depicts the trading post owned by Cornelius Van Ausdal, originally of Virginia, trading with the Shawnee Chief, Tecumseh. The painting depicts the log cabin that Van Ausdal owned on East Main Street, prior to building a large brick structure in 1822.

Roland Schwiensburg, of Youngstown, was commissioned by the WPA to paint the mural and it was hung in the post office in September 1939. 


detail

 


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