{"id":1377,"date":"2019-02-01T15:47:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T15:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2026-02-24T02:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T02:42:10","slug":"2019b1-weymouth-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"H Weymouth Mural Restoration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel panel-default\">\n<div class=\"panel-heading\">Weymouth Mural Restoration<\/div>\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<p><strong>Weymouth Mural Restoration<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mural-Before.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"left img-responsive light-border alignnone wp-image-1386 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mural-Before-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"144\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a>In the summer of 1968, the owner of the Weymouth gas station, Zed Davis, paid Craig Staufer $200 to paint a mural of historic Weymouth<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mural-After.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"right img-responsive light-border alignnone wp-image-1385 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mural-After-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mural-After-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Mural-After.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a> on the wall behind the bar. Craig was only 16 but already well known for his artistic abilities. Craig talked to some of the older village residents and did lots of his own research to come up with how the village may have looked in 1856. Over the years time took its toll on the mural. The current owners, Rob and Marlene Shurell, (at left) looked for years to find someone to restore the mural. Janet Baran, new to Medina but a life-long professional artist with ties to Weymouth\u2019s Lathrop Seymour, answered the call. Thanks to Rob, Marlene, Craig and Janet for bringing this beautiful and historic mural to life.\u00a0 \u00a0The Methodist Episcopal Church (1845-1906) above Marlene\u2019s head was totally missing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weymouth Mural Restoration Weymouth Mural Restoration In the summer of 1968, the owner of the Weymouth gas station, Zed Davis, paid Craig Staufer $200 to paint a mural of historic Weymouth on the wall behind the bar. Craig was only 16 but already well known for his artistic abilities. Craig talked to some of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1377"}],"version-history":[{"count":55,"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2431,"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1377\/revisions\/2431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weymouthpreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}