The entry to Maryhill Museum of Art in SW Washington
My print which you can order
here
https://www.maryhillmuseum.org/ is available in many printed forms, from photographic papers, to canvas and acrylic, metal, wood, greeting card, throw pillow, duvet cover, tote bag, phone case, even a shower curtain.
Sam
Hill (1857–1931), founder of the Maryhill Museum of Art, was one of the
most colorful and influential figures in the Pacific Northwest in the
early 1900s. He was a successful businessman, world traveler, builder of
monuments, and early advocate of paved roads.
Hill commissioned the Maryhill
Stonehenge Memorial
to honor World War I dead from Klickitat County, Washington. The
monument was dedicated in 1918—while the war was still rampant—and
completed in 1929. He was also responsible for the construction of the
Peace Arch in Blaine, Washington—recognizing the close ties between the
United States and Canada. It was dedicated in 1921.
At Maryhill,
Hill employed engineer Samuel C. Lancaster (1864–1941) and spent three
years and $100,000 of his own money building
experimental roads on the property—so
that skeptics could see the type of highways for which he was
advocating. His activism eventually prompted the creation of state
highway departments in Washington and Oregon. He was also a force behind
construction of the Historic Columbia River Highway and the Interstate
Bridge between Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington.
The
permanent Sam Hill exhibition at Maryhill Museum of Art includes some of
Hill’s personal possessions, items acquired during his travels, and
photos and mementos related to his favorite cause, the Good Roads
Movement.