- City:
- Doylestown, PA
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1937
- Artist:
- Charles Child
Description
The mural “William Markham Purchases Bucks County Territory” was painted for the historic (former) post office building in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. The mural now resides in the lobby of Doylestown’s newer, mid-1980s post office.
“Charles Child, a 35-year-old artist who lived in Lumberville, was selected to create a mural for the [new] Doylestown [post] office in 1937.
For his mural, Child chose to depict the founders of Bucks County and Doylestown. … Child completed the mural in November 1937.
The mural, 11 feet wide and 4 feet high, is divided into a 6-foot-wide center panel flanked by two smaller panels.” (doylestown.patch.com)
Source notes
https://doylestown.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/who-painted-the-post-office-muralSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 9, 2013.
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Joyce Puhl
Daniel W Shogren
William Doyle was my 5th Great Grandfather I loved seeing the painting. Shirley Modrell Heid.
William is my ancestor also. My husband & I visited there & had coffee at the Starbucks. My grandfather that is the descendent of W.D. Lived in Bennet, NE, & I have always lived in Omaha, NE. Do you have anymore of the history of the family? Joyce Puhl
Does anyone have any more info on the artist who painted the mural Charles Child?