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Archived: City of Etowah

Grantee Address:
415 Tennessee Avenue
Etowah TN 37331-1345

Grant Amount: $4,000

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Etowah Railway Mural

The City of Etowah hired a local artist to design and create an interactive mural in the downtown business district of Etowah. The project is the result of the city’s USDA Rural Town Recovery (RTR) program and a SWOT analysis that revealed that series of murals would draw additional interest from tourists. Partners included the City of Etowah, the Etowah Chamber of Commerce, the Etowah Arts Commission, and the Etowah Rotary Club.

A mural on a red brick wall shows a white dotted outline of a person holding a camera, facing a black and gray depiction of a hallway with windows that creates a perspective illusion. A small red planter sits below the mural.

A mural on a red brick wall depicts a stylized black and white train, creating a three-dimensional effect as it appears to travel down the side of the building next to a sidewalk.

Black and white mural on a gray brick wall showing portraits of two men. Below the left portrait is the label W.T. Upshaw. Below the right portrait is the label T.A. Aber.

A mural painted on a brick wall depicts three black-and-white portraits labeled Nancy C. Bender, Frank McKinney, and Wilmer Longmire. The background and wall are painted in shades of gray and black.