The historic mural that greets visitors at the Rockville City Police Department headquarters, at 2 W. Montgomery Ave., looks like new thanks to a recent conservation project.
Rockville inherited the mural in 2008 when the federal government transferred the building to the city at no charge with the condition that it be used for homeland security and public safety purposes. The city added an annex building and opened the new police headquarters in 2012.
The 1940 mural of Sugarloaf Mountain by Judson Smith adorns the lobby wall above the post office boxes that are a reminder of the building’s original use as post office, which opened in 1939. The mural was restored to its original beauty by Hartmann Fine Art Conservation Services in October.
Get a closer look at how they completed this delicate project in the Rockville 11 video at www.rockvilllemd.gov/youtube. Search for “mural.”