
4 / Spring on the Mountain
Mosaic artists Pete Ferrarin and Charles Haller applied glass tiles and other recycled hard materials to create a mountain wildlife and floral scene for the drinking fountain at entrance’s left wall. Designed by Virginia Darce and Tom Laman, the wall depicts regional animals and plants such as the black bear with salmon, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, striped skunk, fir tree, rhododendron, trillium and skunk cabbage.
Glass tile and hard materials mosaic wall, Spring on the Mountain, by Virginia Darce, Tom Laman, Peter Ferrarin and Charles Haller, 1938-40.
LOCATION: FRONT ENTRANCE FOYER (LEFT) GROUND FLOOR
GLASS MOSAICS