Administered by Mercer County Mercer County Clerk Mercer County Courthouse, Princeton Avenue Princeton West Virginia 24740
Located Mercer County Courthouse Princeton Avenue & Walker Street North and south facades Princeton West Virginia 24740
Date:
1930
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, West Virginia survey, 1992.
Hedrick, Charles B., "Official Blue Book of Mercer County, West Virginia," Mercer County Blue Book Association, 1931.
Image on file.
S.L. Mahood signed
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Summary:
Two relief panels depicting a timeline of West Virginia history, from early settlement to the 1930's. The scenes overlap one another and are arranged in chronological order from left to right. Starting from the left, the relief depicts: a bear with two Native Americans; a hunting scene with two men in period clothing and a deer with antlers; a pioneer scene with a woman standing in front of a covered wagon; a construction scene with a man in the foreground kneeling and picking up a log to add to a partially constructed log building; two Native Americans (one holding a long-handled weapon above his head, the other running between two horses); a barefoot farmer and his plow; cattle and sheep representing the livestock trade in West Virginia; an underground coal mining scene with three miners; a man dressed in overalls and cap (standing in front of a train wheel); three stone masons; a period automobile; and the head of a propeller plane, with aviator standing in front.
