posted October 12, 2004
) Photo by John Wilson KKK murals were washed away by workers on orders of owners |
New owners who are converting the building to condos had the murals pressure washed and obliterated.
Reporters who tried to get in to see the murals were turned away earlier Tuesday.
Construction workers on Monday had shown them to reporters from Channel 3 and Chattanoogan.com.
The murals were found when workers tore plaster off the walls and got back to the brick walls.
There were two murals on the north wall and two on the south wall - all identical.
They showed a white hooded KKK member riding a black steed. The words KKKK were on the figure.
The artist's name at the bottom was J.G. Schrock. A man by that name was living in Rossville in 1950 and was with a welding company.
The building, at the corner of Market and Main, was the old First National Bank branch building.
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