Drawing

Title:

Salem The Isaac Cross House One of the oldest houses in town on Rt. 38 near Pelham line 1760

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1956.107

Creator:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)Artist

Place of Origin:

Rockingham County, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing of Salem The Isaac Cross House One of the oldest houses in town on Rt. 38 near Pelham line 1760, by Stan Snow (d.1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper. A two-story double house having gable roof and two chimneys. Five bay facade with a central doorway having pilasters, sidelights and a flat entablature. A wing, with gable roof and one chimney, attached at back right corner of house; wing has a simple doorway and single-sash windows under the eaves. Lower portion of house, at right, and left end of wing appear to be covered with tar paper. Tall grass in front of house; bushes at left; large tree with bare branches in front of house at right corner. Road running diagonally across foreground from which a curving driveway leads in at right toward ell door. Signed lower right: "Stan / Snow". Ell = A wing of a house, specifically a wing that makes the house "L" shaped. Blue ink inscription on reverse: "Salem The Isaac Cross House one of (the oldest house in town) on Rt. 38 near Peleham line." Under the Salem are numerals "7610" In penci below: "Salem, N.H. / 0ne of (the oldest houses in town) on Rt. 38 Near Peleham line / The Isaac Cross House." Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.5 W-11.5 inches

Provenance:

One of a set of 22 drawings of historic buildings in Rockingham County, NH, drawn by Stan Snow (d. 1957) of Hampstead, NH, and published in the Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette, 1955-56.

Credit Line:

Gift of the Haverhill Gazette

People:

Cross, Isaac, Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)