Drawing, Architectural

Title:

McKitterick House from Right front

Object Name:

Drawing, Architectural

Object ID:

2009.026.231

Creator:

Soule, George C. (1914-2008)Artist

Place of Origin:

Manchester, NH

Date:

1970-1985

Description:

Architectural drawing, McKitterick House, by George C. Soule (1914-2008), 1970-1985. Blueprint, with black crayon. Aerial view of a two story building with peaked roofs and chimney, roughly sketched window/door detailing, indistinct wooded background. Titled at bottom, "McKITTERICK HOUSE / from Right front". Unframed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-7.4 W-9.3 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, Houses, Residences