 Charles Hardman, a native Floridian, was commissioned to paint a mural in 1940 by the Section of Fine Arts of the Works Progress Administration.He created a three-section mural that adorns the lobby wall.The sections are entitled Discovery, and shows Ponce de Leon’s arrival in Florida in 1513, de Soto and the Indians, showing Hernando de Soto and his men engaged in battle with Native Americans in 1539, and Conference, which shows General Thomas Jesup negotiating with Native Americans after the Second Seminole War in 1837.