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Muralists coming to Butler

A 32 x 8 foot Bantam Jeep mural will be painted on an apartment building on West New Castle Street. Butler is credited as the home of the Jeep, designed and first built by American Austin Car Co. in 1940.

The Walldogs, a group of muralists from around the world, are coming to Butler July 27 through 31 to paint 10 murals on downtown buildings.

The murals will represent landmarks and icons from the city's past and will be on walls on businesses, an apartment building and a parking garage.

Here are two more of the murals that are planned. Other murals will be published in the Eagle before July 27.

The Walldogs are being brought to the city by the Butler County Historical Society.

To volunteer or for information about this project, visit www.butlerwalldogs.com or call the historical society at 724-283-8116.

Here are the sites where the Walldog murals will be painted with the subjects, the locations, and the sizes in feet listed:Armco Steel, The Butler Eagle, 114 W. Diamond St., 14x16Bantam Jeep, apartment building, 123 W. New Castle St., 32x8Butler Brewing Co., Butler Brew Works, 101 S. Main St., 28x9Coca-Cola, Timothy M. Spina, DDS, 140 E. Jefferson St., 34x17Diners and drive-Ins, Evidence Based Recovery, 117 S. McKean St., 12x12Gen. Richard Butler, The Butler Eagle, 242-246 S. Main St., 12x12Horse-drawn mail delivery, Natili North, 204 N. Main St, 16x8Pioneer Cooper Cabin, Pizza Joe's, 226 N. Main St., 24x8Pullman-Standard, parking garage, Vogely Street, 16x18Uncle Billy Smith, Butler County Historical Society, 123 W. Diamond St., 12x16

Pioneer Cooper Cabin, an original Butler County homestead built in the 1800s, will be represented with a 24 x 8 foot mural on Pizza Joe's on Main Street.

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