Drawing, Architectural

Title:

New Building for Roller Skating, Derry, NH

Object Name:

Drawing, Architectural

Object ID:

2009.026.126

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

1970-1985

Description:

Architectural drawing, New Building for Roller Skating, Derry, NH, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1970-1985. Blueprint, enhanced with white crayon. One-story building; two entrances; figures standing in entrances; large tree on right, extending height of drawing; wooded background. Sign on building: "SPINNING WHEELS". Titled, lower left, "New Building for ROLLER SKATING Derry NH". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.25 W-19.8 inches

Provenance:

George C. Soule (1914-2008) of Manchester, NH, was an artist with the Civilian Conservation Corps in New Hampshire, 1935-1937. He was assigned to draw portraits of CCC workers and to document camp life in the 118th Company, CCC, East Jaffrey, NH. He later worked as an artist with the WPA until 1942, and then as a draftsman at the Manchester Army Air Base. He studied art at Yale and became an architect in Manchester. He operated the firm of Soule & Associates from the 1950s through the 1980s. He designed schools, churches, houses, and a wide variety of commercial buildings in southern NH and southern New England. The collection was donated by the children of George Soule.

Credit Line:

Gift of Patricia, Cynthia, and Peter Soule

People:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)

Subjects:

Architectural drawings, Architecture, Architects, Roller skating, Skating rinks