This room is now the primary room, but it was the relief society room.
In this room, Harold Helgesen painted 3 pieces. Above the (defunct) fireplace, he painted 2 images: One of a mother, with a popular poem from the time period; the other, a landscape painting of a Norwegian castle. (He had also painted a vase with flowers, but this has since been painted over.)
At the rear of the room is a larger mural of a handcart family entering the Salt Lake Valley. Above his signature, Harold wrote the mural's title:
This is the Place!
He apparently also did a mural of a snowy river scene in the Bishop's office. I wasn't able to verify if it's still there. In any case, it's a unique building, and a unique room, with some beautiful paintings.
Very cool.
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