Local artist Kelly Poling works on painting a mural on the south side of Medicine Creek Trading Co. at 801 Elm Street on Thursday, July 26, 2007. The outdoor-themed mural depicts a scene which includes the likeness of the old trestle bridge, now gone, as one would have seen it looking south up the Grand River. The bridge was located two miles west of Chillicothe and was considered one of the biggest bridges over the Grand River in the area. The mural is the 15th for Chillicothe and measures 12x70 feet. Poling said the mural will wrap around the building and will be continued to its west side. There, the mural will measure 12x20'. The mural, which is funded by the Chillicothe Development Corporation, will include a variety of wildlife, including: grey herring, deer, raccoon, turtles, turkeys, bobcats, and mountain lions. The mural will also feature children fishing and duck hunters in a boat.

C-T Photo, Laura Schuler

Palace of Fashion mural in development...

Local artist Kelly Poling works on a new mural on the side of Parks Shoes at 701 Webster Street on Thursday. The mural is being funded by the Chillicothe Development Corporation and will depict the Palace of Fashion, a historic women's clothing store that was located in the 600 block of Washington Street in the late 1800s.

C-T Photo/Laura Schuler

Chillicothe Business College... Local artist Kelly Poling began work on a mural on the north side of the building housing Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., at 710 Washington Street on June 1, 2005. The mural depicts the Chillicothe Business College campus. To do the work, Poling painted over a mural painted by another artist several years ago, which also depicted the college. Poling explained that the paint on the previous mural was faded, which is why the decision was made for another mural.

The wall features a 30-by-70-foot mural of the college campus as well as a 30-by-12-foot mural depicting the arch and bird fountain which was located in the college's park area. The project was funded by Chillicothe Development Corporation, the Allen Moore family, and John Irvin, through the Mervyn W. Jenkins Foundation. This is the 10th mural in Chillicothe.

C-T Photo by Laura Schuler.

Another mural going up in downtown Chillicothe... Local artist, Kelly Poling, paints a mural of an early 1900's Citizens Bank & Trust teller window. Poling began the mural located on the CB&T drive thru building last week and expects to be finished in about another week and a half.

C-T Photo / Megan Neis
By MEGAN NEIS / C-T Staff Writer / 04 30 04

Mural Depicting AG History Taking Shape
By LAURA SCHULER / C-T City Editor / 07/27/04

A new mural depicting Livingston County agriculture history is currently taking shape on a wall in the 700 block of Washington Street. Local artist Kelly Poling started work on the mural on July 23 and when he's finished, the artwork will span the entire south side of the building that formally housed Action Rental. The wall is estimated to be 110-foot-long and about 30 feet high.

The $9,000 project is being funded totally by the Mervyn W. Jenkins Foundation.

Our Sliced Bread Mural as it Developed
Photos by Butch Shaffer

For full details, visit www.homeofslicedbread.com.