Drawing, Architectural

Title:

Untitled

Object Name:

Drawing, Architectural

Object ID:

2009.026.230

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

1970-1985

Description:

Architectural drawing, unidentified commercial building, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1970-1985. Blueprint, with white crayon. Aerial view of a one story building with a slightly peaked roof, one distinct tree standing in front of building in center of drawing, a pair of figures stand in front of building at center of the drawing, stone walkway in front of building and large rectangular windows on building, forested background. Unsigned. Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-12.7 W-15.8 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