2024-09-032024-09-032010-10-14https://hdl.handle.net/10929/140150The church holds two works of art that few people would imagine. An unknown artist created fresco secco (dry fresco) murals on the walls and ceiling. Fresco secco is a technique of painting where the artist soaks dry plaster walls with lime water and then paints the mural while wet leaving a surface film that does not penetrate the walls. There is evidence that the paintings were completed by the time the building was dedicated in 1872. At some point in the church�s early history, laths were attached to the ceiling and walls in order to hang fiberboard which provided insulation and improved acoustics, but it also covered the frescoes. When the wallboards were finally removed, workers were shocked and pleased to find the work of art so well preserved.The Walpack Methodist ChurchWalpack CenterWallpackDelaware Water GapDelaware RiverNational Recreation AreaNPSNational Park ServiceNational ParkThe SkylandsNJ SkylandsThe New Jersey SkylandsNew Jersey SkylandsJersey SkylandsLakelandNew JerseySussex CountyNorthwestern New JerseyJerseyNJThe Garden StatePennsylvaniaPAThe Keystone StateU.S. National Register of Historic PlacesNew Jersey Register of Historic PlacesU.S. Historic district2878 x 2079Each photograph within this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights. Therefore, these photos may only be used in a way that is permitted by copyright and related rights legislation. The following terms of use for State Library patrons shall apply. 1. Educational Institution/student use is permitted as long as such usage adheres to all copyright and related rights legislation. In these instances, these photographs may only be used for educational or historical purposes. 2. Non-Commercial use is permitted without permission from the rights holder, as long as such use adheres to all copyright and related right legislation. 3. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for commercial purposes without the direct permission of the rights-holder. 4. Under no circumstances may these photographs be used for political purposes. 5. Users must always give appropriate credit to the photographer. The credit may not in any way suggest the right's holder endorses the user or their use of the photographs. 6. Photographs may be copied or redistributed in any medium or format as long as such use does not violate copyright and related rights legislation. 7. Users may remix, transform, and rebuild upon the original photographs as long as it does not violate copyright and related rights legislation.Original file name Wallpact Church.jpeg