Dear Editor:

I talked to Bryna this morning over the phone at the Aegis about the valuable William A. Smith murals at Maryland House on I-95 in Aberdeen. 

This afternoon I talked to George Fish at the Maryland Department of Transportation about the status of the two murals. I was so glad to hear that the first order of business after Maryland House closes Saturday is to go to work on Sunday to preserve and store the murals.  These two murals are probably two of the most valuable works of art in Harford County seeing as how, according to the following link from the Maryland State Treasurer's office, the two in Aberdeen were appraised for $400,000 25 years ago and the building that houses them is slated for immediate demolition and has already leaked water all over one of them. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:bRCrwRFdklwJ:www.treasurer.state.md.us/media/38273/sample_correctly_completed_2010_forms.xls+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us

I found this excellent biographical information about painter William A. Smith from the James A. Michener Art Museum website  http://www.michenermuseum.org/bucksartists/artist.php?artist=256&page=1012

I like many others would love to read the story of how the murals came to be back in 1968 & I look forward to reading a series of articles and viewing images of the preservation, storage and restoration of WILLIAM A. SMITH'S MARYLAND HOUSE MURALS.

Best,
Robert Register