Henning mural moved out of Cedar Rapids’ Harrison Elementary

The mural will hang in the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center while the school is being renovated

Jun. 3, 2025 4:07 pm

Cedar Rapids Community School District workers hang a mural by William E. Henning in the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center in northwest Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, has hung at Harrison Elementary School since 1935. The painting measures 22 feet long by 5 feet tall and depicts the history of transportation. It will hang in there district’s ELSC while Harrison is being renovated. The renovation should take about two years. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Community School District art collection coordinator Kristina Dvorak wipes dust from the frame of a mural by William E. Henning as it was moved to the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center in northwest Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, has hung at Harrison Elementary School since 1935. The 22-foot by 5-foot mural depicting the history of transportation will hang in the district’s ELSC while Harrison is being renovated. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Community School District workers at Harrison Elementary School in northwest Cedar Rapids on Tuesday remove a mural that has hung in the building since 1935. It was painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, and measures 22 feet long by 5 feet tall. The painting will hang in there district’s ELSC while Harrison is being renovated. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Community School District workers move a crate containing a mural by William E. Henning from a truck after it was brought to the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center in northwest Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, has hung at Harrison Elementary School since 1935. The 22-foot by 5-foot painting depicts the history of transportation. It will hang in the district’s ELSC while Harrison is being renovated. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Community School District workers wheel a crate containing a mural by William E. Henning into the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center in northwest Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, has hung at Harrison Elementary School since 1935. The 22-foot by 5-foot painting depicts the history of transportation. It will hang in the district’s ELSC while Harrison is being renovated. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Community School District’s buildings and grounds manager Chris Gates guides the move of a 22-foot by 5-foot mural by William E. Henning from its crate at the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center in northwest Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, has hung at Harrison Elementary School since 1935. The painting, which depicts the history of transportation, will hang in the district’s ELSC while Harrison is being renovated. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Community School District employees Krystle Brauman (left) and Julie Meyer record workers hanging a mural by William E. Henning in the district’s Educational Leadership and Support Center in northwest Cedar Rapids on Tuesday. The mural, painted by Grant Wood student William E. Henning, has hung at Harrison Elementary School since 1935. It will hang in there district’s ELSC while Harrison is being renovated. McGrane-Hop also is on the district’s arts collection committee. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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