Drawing, Architectural

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Drawing, Architectural

Object ID:

2009.026.207

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

1970-1985

Description:

Architectural drawing, untitled office building, two interior views, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1970-1985. Blueprint, with black crayon. Views identified as "SECOND FLOOR - front" and "FIRST FLOOR - front". Two views of the interior of an office building. The top view depicts the second floor office room with groups of figures sitting at desks with one pair of figures standing together in the upper right corner. The bottom view depicts the first floor with three seated figures at desks, with visible coat closet in center of the drawing, various figures are conversing with eachother. Unsigned. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-15.6 W-19.2 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, Office buildings, Office employees, Office workers