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Carver Completes Statue from Oak at General Store
MESOPOTAMIA, Ohio – A sculpture carved from the trunk of a 350-year-old oak in front of the End of the Commons General Store has been completed,. The carving, a 15-foot-tall frontiersman representing Mesopotamia’s early settlers, was sculpted by Rock Creek artist Bob Anderson.
End of the Commons is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located at 8719 S.R. 534. it is Ohio’s oldest general store and one of the oldest operating general stores in the country, having operated continuously for more than 170 years.
After the burr oak in front of the store had been stuck by lighting on multiple occasions over the years, the owners of the End of the Commons, the Schaden family, which purchased the store in 1982, decided to have the tree preserved in a new form, according to a news release.
Anderson, who grew up in northeastern Ohio, has spent of his time since age 5 whittling and carving with knives. A carpenter by trade, he carves wood as a hobby and in recent years learned the art of chainsaw carving. The End of the Commons carving is his largest and most detailed sculpture.
Published by The Business Journal, Youngstown, Ohio.
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