Drawing

Title:

Newfields The Hull House Oldest house in town on Main rd. near center 1695-1700

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1956.113

Creator:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)Artist

Place of Origin:

Rockingham County, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing of Newfields The Hull House Oldest house in town on Main rd. near center 1695-1700 , by Stan Snow (d.1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper.Two-story house with hipped roof and two chimneys. Five bay facade with central doorway having a transom and a one-story porch. The porch has latticework side railings, scrolled brackets, and a gable roof with pediment at front, supported by two baluster turned posts. A one-story lean-to at back right corner, having door with transom, and single window above on its front. Three stone posts visible on front lawn, one on either side of main doorway and one at right end of house. Fence and out-building visible at left. Road crossing scene in foreground. Driveway curves in at right toward lean-to. Tree behind house at left. Foliage on another tree visible at right edge of scene. Birds in sky at right. Signed lower right: "Stan / Snow". Blue ink inscription on reverse on top edge: "Newfields The Hull House Oldest House in town on main rd near center". Below that in pencil: "Newfields, N. H. / Oldest House in town / on main Rd. near center / The Hull House". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-14.55 W-11.6 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:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)