GREENVILLE – The first new mural produced by the Greenville Mural Committee this spring was installed on Tuesday, July 8, on the A & B Coffee Shop building at the corner of Broadway and East Fourth Street.
“This is the fifth mural the Greenville Mural Committee has had installed,” said Eileen Litchfield. “This idea came from Aaron and Betsy Ward at A&B, and we were delighted to do that and to have it represent Greenville and history and its color at this main intersection.”
The inspiration for this mural came from the idea of A & B owners Aaron and Betsy Ward, who proudly display a framed copy of a collage of Greenville’s historical homes and buildings in their coffee shop. The collage was created in 1981 by Greenville native Jeffrey Feltman.
The print was digitized by Tim Wells Art Consulting and subsequently enlarged, printed, and installed by Joe Wintrow of Wintrow Signs and Designs, both of whom have generously donated their time to this project.
Jeffrey Feltman, a 1977 Greenville High School graduate who received bachelor’s degrees in art and history from Ball State University and master’s degree from Tufts University, served as a Foreign Service officer for the United States government posted to Port au Prince, Haiti, Budapest Hungary, Amman, Jordan, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tunis, Tunisia, and Jerusalem, Israel before being appointed U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon. He then served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs. He was the U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa before becoming the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs.
Jeff is currently affiliated with the Brookings Institution and the United Nations Foundation. He and his wife, Mary Draper, currently split their time between a house in Washington, DC, and a small farm near Gettysburg, PA. Jeff is the son of Greenville resident Roberta Feltman and the late David Feltman.
A & B Coffee, Darke County Endowment for the Arts, Brown Family Foundation, Lydia Schaurer Memorial Trust Fund, and Harry D. Stephens Memorial, Inc provided funds for this mural project.
The Greenville Mural Committee also thanks Tim Wells and Joe Wintrow for their donations of labor.
“We are so fortunate that so many of these beautiful buildings, like the courthouse house, are still here,” Litchfield noted.
Additionally, funding from the Ohio Arts Council helped support this program with state tax dollars, encouraging economic growth, educational excellence, and cultural enrichment for all Ohioans.
