Butternut Murals
Follow the Mural Brick Road – in the county of the land of Ashland.
#1 Veteran’s Park Mural |
#2 Great Students Mural |
#3 Every Life Tells
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#4 Every Life Tells
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#5 Every Life Tells
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#6 Every Life Tells
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#7 Every Life Tells
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#8 Smart Family Mural |
Butternut Map |
#1 Veteran’s Park Mural: 301 West Michigan Street. This mural complements Butternut’s Veteran’s Park.
#2 Great Students Mural: 312 West Wisconsin Street, Northside of Building. Local schoolchildren are shown displaying school pride.
#3 Every Life Tells A Story Mural: 126 East Main Street, North Side of Building. Honors the men and women who made contributions to the Butternut Community – larger than life portraits of local people with the narrative of their lives written behind them.
#4 Feed Mill / Every Life Tells A Story Mural: North corner of Michigan and Main St. A second mural honoring the men and women who made contributions to the Butternut Community – larger than life portraits of local people with the narrative of their lives written behind them.
#5 Every Life Tells A Story Mural: 237 South 5th Street, South Side of Building. A third mural honoring the men and women who made contributions to the Butternut Community – larger than life portraits of local people with the narrative of their lives written behind them.
#6 Every Life Tells a Story Mural: Michagan Street & South Main Street. A fourth mural honoring the men and women who made contributions to the Butternut Community-larger that life portraits of local people with the narrative of their lives written behind them.
#7 Every life Tells a Story Mural: Corner of Michigan Street & Main Street. A fifth nmural honoring the men and women who made contributions to the Butternut Community-larger that life portraits of local people with the narrative of their lives written behind them.
# 8 Smart Family Mural: 201 North 2nd Street. the sixth mural in Butternut features a re-creation of a 1939 portrait of the family of Joe and Ida Smart, one of the many prominent family lines in Butternut. This mural is installed on the building that is actually owned by teh son of Joe Smart Jr. who is depicted as a young man in the back row, far right. A plaque on the bottom left identifies all the members of this family.