Drawing

Title:

Newton Old Currier Tavern, Amesbury Rd.

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1956.104

Creator:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)Artist

Place of Origin:

Rockingham County, NH

Date:

circa 1950

Description:

Drawing of Newton Old Currier Tavern, Amesbury Rd., by Stan Snow (d. 1957), c. 1950. Pen and ink on paper. Two-story gable roofed house with central chimney. A two-story, projecting porch at center of front, having above the door a hood supported on scrolled brackets. A simple wood door, together with a bulkhead, on right end. Attached at back, right corner is a one-story wing with a simple wood door on the front. Water pump in front of this door, slightly to left. Lawn in front of house; tall grass and rocks at right, on far side of road which runs diagonally across foreground. Signed lower right: "Stan Snow". Ink inscription on reverse: "Newton Old Currier Tavern, Amesbury Rd. early 1700's" Below that in pencil: "Newton, N. H. / Old Currier Tavern, Amsbury, Rd." 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:

Snow, Stanley W. (1901-1957)