A church in New England can look like a few dozen from the outside – but it is surprising after you set foot through the door.
According to the Associated Press (AP), locals are known as “Maine Sistine Chapel” in the South Solone Meeting House of Waterville in Maine.
Inside the building, the walls and ceilings are covered in 70 -year -old Fresco murals painted by artists in the 1950s.
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The meeting house was built in 1842 and hosted the church services until the 1940s, as said AP.
In 1951, the empty building was discovered by former art student Margaret Day Blake.
An art professor at Colbie College Veronic Playch Maine gave a lecture to art teachers about Fresco that adorned the walls and ceilings of the South Solone meeting on Sunday, April, 2021. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukati)
Blake Skhegan reached the school of painting and sculpture students and called young artists to draw Fresco, AP said.
Bible scenes of artists were asked to re -create for the “rich and appropriate” image.
Maine’s Colbie College has dedicated a website to the Church by describing various scenes and 3 artists displayed in the building.
New York City’s non -Genorian Sigmund Abels and Newton’s Sydney Hurweets, Massachusetts were two artists who contributed.
A Fresco Maine’s Solan, depicting members of the community with a model of the South Solon Meeting House, is seen with a window on the lobby of the building on April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukati)
“We used to go out there and draw the lunch break in the cemetery behind the building. It was a very Idilic time,” said Hurvits AP.
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He added, “I enjoyed it very much.”
Abells, for him, recalled a scene from Genesis’s book.
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Abelles said that he had drawn Jacob a wrestling scene with the angel.
He told AP, “This is a very, very special place and it was a unique experience.”
Art Professor Veronic Playch of Colbie College Maine, April 2021, gave a lecture to art teachers about Fresco that decorated the walls and ceilings of the South Sonal Meeting House. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukati)
Art’s Colbie Professor Veronic Playch AP told AP that he expects the building to inspire more praise for Frescos.
“I fell in love with this place because I studied Fresco all my life,” Place said.
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The building now acts as a community assembly and performance space.
Contributed to Associated Press Reporting.
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