Drawing, Architectural

Title:

Meadow View Condos, Nashua, NH

Object Name:

Drawing, Architectural

Object ID:

2009.026.160

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

1970-1985

Description:

Architectural drawing, Meadow View Condominiums, Nashua, NH, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1970-1985 . Blueprint. Vertical rectangle. Two drawings on same sheet: top drawing depicts "BLDG JJ"; lower drawing depicts "BLDGS HH-JJ". Two sketches, the top sketch is a two story building with peaked roofs and balconies with no background. The bottom stetch is of the same building, with the addition of two other similar buildings adjacent to the original, no background. Titled, lower right, "MEADOW VIEW / Condos / Nashua NH". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-21.5 W-10.6 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, Condominiums