The Murals
In observance of the state Centennial in 1988, the State of Washington sponsored eighty statewide projects through chairs First Lady Jean Gardner and Secretary of State Ralph Munro. In Grays Harbor, the celebration was kicked off in Aberdeen with the dedication of an initial four murals on November 11, 1988. Sadly, none of these remains today.
It is the goal of Our Aberdeen’s Murals project to restore, preserve, document, and create new murals throughout the downtown corridor that are protected from removal, distruction, or elemental damage.
Click on the image of each mural to learn more, or view a slide show of murals, sorted by outdoor and indoor.
Photography credits: Bob Esposito and Douglas C. Orr
Aberdeen 1889-2014 - Location: Swanson's Grocery Store, Southside. Learn more...
A Walk in the Park - Location: South I Street and State Street. Learn more...
Bubbles - Location: Wishkah at I Street. Learn more...
History of Transportation in Grays Harbor - Location: Aberdeen Transit Center. Learn more...
Hands and History - Location: 120 West Heron Street. Learn more...
Ice Palace and Doughboys - Location: Simpson Avenue, west of Park Street. Learn more...
The Immigrants of Grays Harbor - Location: Union Gospel Mission, 405 East Heron Street. Learn more...
Kapé Jiluupak (Kape's Wall) - Location: Morck Hotel, Heron and K Street, West Wall. Learn more...
Kelp Forest - Location: City Center Drug, 108 East Wishkah Street. Learn more...
Maritime History - Location: Billy's Bar and Grill, 322 E Heron Street. Learn more...
Nirvana and Aberdeen - Location: Wishkah Street at Broadway. Learn more...
Star Wars - Location: 413 East Wishkah Street. Learn more...
Lighthouse - Location: Lighthouse Drive in, 2121 Simson Ave. Learn more...
Weyerhauser Mill, South Shore, Chehalis River - Location: Timberland Bank, 300 North Boone Street (no photography allowed inside bank.). Learn more...
Lost and Found, Elusive Witnesses - Location: Timberland Regional Library, 121 East Market Street. Learn more...
Compass Rose - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...
Estuary - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...
Harbor Top to Bottom - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...
Piles and Silos - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...
Rails, Ties, and Tanker - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...
Pilotage - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...
Westport Marina - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...
Working Waterfront - Location: Conference Room. Learn more...