United States Coast Guard Academy: Hamilton Hall Murals – New London CT

City:
New London, CT

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Treasury Relief Art Project (TRAP)

Description

“The Henriques room was originally the Academy library, and is now used for special gatherings and award ceremonies. Aldis Browne, graduate of Yale School of Fine Arts, worked for the U.S. Treasury [Relief Art] Program during the Great Depression and completed the various murals painted on the walls. The murals represent the Coast Guard’s history. The room is also filled with museum artifacts.”

Source notes

https://www.cga.edu/campus2.aspx?id=504 "Federal art in New England, 1933-1937," published 1938 (58).

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on May 1, 2014.

Location Info


31 Mohegan Ave.
New London, CT 06320
New London County

Coordinates: 41.37228, -72.10092

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