- City:
- Harrodsburg, KY
- Site Type:
- Art Works, Murals
- New Deal Agencies:
- Arts Programs, Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA)
- Completed:
- 1941
- Artists:
- Charles Goodwin, Orville Carroll
Description
The post office contains six murals depicting the history of Harrodsburg. They were painted in 1941 with support from the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. Orville Carroll painted five of the six murals. “Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner Arriving at Harrod’s Settlement” is suspected to have been painted by Charles Goodwin, though this has not been confirmed.
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Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/Site Details
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Anne Goodwin
I can confirm that my father, Charles Goodwin, completed the Daniel Boone and Michael Stoner Arriving at Harrod’s Settlement mural. My mother reported this to me and she took me out to Harrodsburg to see the mural when I was a child.