- City:
- Norwalk, CT
- Site Type:
- Murals, Art Works
- New Deal Agencies:
- Federal Arts Project (FAP), Arts Programs
- Completed:
- 1938
- Artist:
- Harry Townsend
Description
The former Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Norwalk, Connecticut houses two 15′ x 11′ oil on canvas murals by Harry Townsend, titled “Work, the Soul of Progress” and “Arrival of the First Settlers.” They were painted in 1938 for the building, then Norwalk’s newly completed high school, under the WPA’s Federal Art Project. They are located in the building’s auditorium.
Restoration Info: Property of City of Norwalk, CT, WPA Art Collection
This school has closed and it is now the Crystal Theatre.
Arrangements to see the murals can be made by calling the
Crystal Theatre at 203-847-4850.
Source notes
https://www.norwalktransit.com/ntd_murals.htm
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/
Site originally submitted by Hans Johnson on December 28, 2014.
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