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[ New Search ] Panel 12: Hyde Park Scenes, 1846 Location : Hyde Park, NY Agency : FAP, WPA Credits : Olin Dows (Muralist) Owner : FDRL Medium : B&W Photo Control Number : Photographs (General): NY: Hyde Park Enlarged Image Description : Panel 12 1846 - The Reverend Reuben Sherwood and two vestrymen, Archibald Rogers (grandfather of the Colonel in the last panel) and Augustus Cowman discuss plans for St. James Church. Cowman (publisher of two papers in Poughkeepsie) went abroad to study Church architecture in England and designed, supervised the building, and materially assisted in the financing of this church on his return. Sexton Richar Jenkins leaves the Rectory porch with a pot of Downing's tastefully toned buff paint. Listed Under: [Art][Murals and Paintings][Post Office Building Murals, Hyde Park, NY]