This year marks the 100th anniversary of the completion of the Epiphany mural for the Epiphany Chapel, now part of the Middlesex County Woman’s Club (MCWC) site. For many years, the historic colonial-era courthouse had been used by Methodists, Baptists and Episcopalians as a convenient place to offer Sunday school.
Anne Fletcher was commissioned to paint an Epiphany scene on what was then the sanctuary wall behind the altar. In 1920 the newly renovated chapel was dedicated by Bishop William Cabel Brown as the Epiphany Chapel.
Jessie DeBusk reports that in 1991 there was a fire in the basement of the building which caused extensive smoke damage to the mural. At this time Anne Fletcher had passed away and another artist was commissioned by the Woman’s Club to restore the mural.
