Drawing, Architectural

Title:

House of Lights

Object Name:

Drawing, Architectural

Object ID:

2009.026.148

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH.

Date:

1970-1985

Description:

Architectural drawing, House of Lights, probably Manchester, NH, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1970-1985. Blueprint, enhanced with white crayon. Aerial view of three separate buildings two paralleling each other the other is perpendicular. The building labeled "95" is a one story building with a slightly peaked roof with a surrounding parking lot. The building labeled "85" is the same construct. The building labeled "HOUSE OF LIGHTS" has a three story section and is also surrounded by parked cars. Sign on front of building: "HOUSE OF LIGHTS". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.4 W-16.8 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, Commercial buildings, Retail stores, Lighting, Lighting fixture stores