Fort Pierce Magazine

Highwaymen Museum

Highwaymen Museum
When the new Highwaymen Museum is completed in the fall it will look similar to this rendering, with a mural on the east wall of the Jackie L. Caynon Sr. Building at 1234 Avenue D. A security fence will enclose the property after renovations are completed. HIGHWAYMEN FOUNDATION

Local artists, the Highwaymen, finally get their first museum

BY SUSAN BURGESS

Doretha Hair Truesdell assisted her Highwayman husband, Alfred Hair
Doretha Hair Truesdell assisted her Highwayman husband, Alfred Hair, with his paintings. DORETHA HAIR TRUESDELL

Doretha Hair Truesdell’s dream of a beautiful museum filled with vibrant paintings by the 26 African American landscape artists known as the Highwaymen began in 2004, when the group was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame. Now, 20 years later, that museum is finally being prepared to open. The sand-colored Jackie L. Caynon Sr. Building on Avenue D, noticeable for its five white pillars in front and a staircase on the side, is its home.