Mathews and Fosters

Originally Foster’s Bros. Department Store, The Halcyon building (1930) has seen many forms of creative expression in its long history. Perhaps you’ve never been inside Halcyon, or maybe you have many years ago. Up on the third floor of Main Street’s highest building you will now find young bodies expressing their creative energies on a newly renovated studio floor.  

The building’s vibrant presence on Main can be seen with an exterior mosaic with Walt Whitman’s inspiring words for the Mathews seaman: “Sail forth – Steer for deep waters only, Restless oh Soul, Exploring.” This appealing mosaic was designed by two art students out of Mathews High School.