AP PHOTOS: Inside Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' with 70-year-old frescoes

Secret 'Sistine Chapel' decked out with frescos in unlikely location

The South Solon Meeting House in Waterville, Maine, is known by locals as "Maine’s Sistine Chapel" for its 70-year-old fresco murals painted by an array of artists.

Maine’s hidden ‘Sistine Chapel’ inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the paintings.

Inside an unassuming church is ‘Maine's Sistine Chapel'

The South Solon Meeting House is home to fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to describe it as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel.”

Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' inspires artists with 70-year-old frescoes

The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the paintings. Colby College students created the website for the South Solon Meeting House. The interior of the…

A look inside Maine’s hidden ‘Sistine Chapel’ with 70-year-old frescoes

SOLON, Maine (AP) — From the outside, it looks like any other New England church building: a boxy, white structure with a single steeple surrounded by an old stone wall, set against rolling hills and pine forest.

AP PHOTOS: Inside Maine's hidden 'Sistine Chapel' with 70-year-old frescoes

SOLON, Maine (AP) — The recent launch of a website dedicated to frescoes in a Maine meeting house has created a new surge of interest in the paintings. Colby College students created the website for the South Solon Meeting House. The interior of the building is covered in 70-year-old fresco murals that encourage some in the state’s art community to describe it as “Maine’s Sistine Chapel.” The murals were painted by artists in the 1950s and have …