Strolling Along: Murals in Siler City Multi-Cache
Hidden : 3/8/2014
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: other (other)

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Geocache Description:


Siler City Wall Murals:
Throughout downtown, brick exteriors have become the "canvas" of muralists, bearing by-gone scenes of life in Siler City.
As you stroll (or ride) along the street in Siler City and look at the murals, you will need to do some short math calculations at each  mural to be able to find the cache at the end.
The posted coords are for Mural 1.  Total walk (in loop back to car) is right at 1/2 mile.
Settled in the 1750s and chartered in 1887, Siler City is the largest town located within Chatham County’s borders and has an estimated 8,000+ residents in over six square miles. In the western part of the county, it is convenient to the Greensboro area as well as the Triangle. Two major highways, US 421 and US 64 cross in Siler City.
The downtown area includes many historic buildings, which currently house shops and restaurants, banks, churches, and even an arts incubator. Several murals illustrating the town’s history and culture have been painted on several exterior walls throughout town.

Final Location = N 35 43. AAB  W 079 27.CDE


MURAL 1:  Coca-Cola with Clark Gable Mural --  N 35 43.435 W 079 27.825

Siler City's first mural was a 1940's Coca-Cola outside wall advertisement.  Clark Gable is depicted in this mural. The mural was restored by an original Coca Cola sign painter, Louis Brady from Franklinville in 2011.


AA = (number of letters in last word times 4) minus 5

 
 

Mural 2:  "Our Hardware Heritage" Mural --  N 35 43.395 W 079 27.777
This mural is 75 feet by 23 feet.  Painted for the Siler City Mural Society, it was painted by Stacye Leanze and completed in January, 2002.  It depicts 3 scenes from the history of the town's second oldest store. On the "left" section you can see the words  "Elder Hardware Co.", which was the building located across the parking lot - the building which is now occupied by Ace Hardware.
 
 
B = (On the "right" and "middle" sections of the mural, the number of people inside the store) minus 2. (Does NOT included the Elder Hardware part of the mural on the left)

 
   

Mural 3:  Another Coca-Cola Mural --  N 35 43.357 W 079 27.823
This mural is located on the Edwards-Wren Building II.  The building was built in 1909. Not sure if the "Cash Market" words on the faded out mural in the alley is referring to the town's meat market  that was housed here for many years or not.  Could not find out the actual date the mural was painted.
 
       
C = (total number of letters in the name of the city mentioned on the mural) minus 2

 
     

Mural 4: Chatham Hospital Mural -- N 35 43.345 W 079 27.845
This mural measures 34 feet by 17 feet.  It was painted by Stacye Leanza and completed October, 2003. It depicts the history of, and influences on Chatham County's first and only hospital.  It was painted for the Siler City Mural Society.
 
       
D = (number of letters in the first word of the organization that supports the hospital) minus 1
Just for FUN see if you can find these in the mural.

Rylee showed these to me a while back - bottom right side.

 
       

Mural 5:   Farmer's Alliance Mural - -  N 35 43.317 W 079 27.782
This mural measures 70 feet by 14 feet.  Painted for the Siler City Mural Society, it was painted by Stacye  Leanza and was completed in June 2006.  It depicts life in Siler City in the 1910s.  It features Farmer's Alliance,  which is the town's oldest establishment.
 
     
E =  (number of windows in the church, that you can see. (does NOT include steeple windows)) plus 1


SPECIAL NOTE: Although the Wherigo cache, GC4ZAVR "Traveling Through Time - A Cacher's Tale", and this one are NOT setup in the same order, it should be very easy to do them both at the same time. Both caches start at the same location, so do the Wherigo cache and you will pass or come very close to the five murals you need to locate for this multi.


  

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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